DEMANDS Synonyms: 106 Similar and Opposite Words

demands 1 of 2

noun

plural of demand

as in requirements

something that someone insists upon having agreed to the customer's demand for a refund

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Relevance

as in markets

the state of being sought after especially for purchase a steadily declining demand for film cameras

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as in necessities

something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable we are very confident that our new employee is fully equal to the demands of the job

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demands

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verb

present tense third-person singular of demand

as in requests

to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority the losing party demanded a recount of the votes cast in the election

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as in needs

to have as a requirement a task that demands one's unremitting attention

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as in asks

to set or receive as a price superstars of the big screen who demand millions for appearing in a movie

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Noun

The faceless, hulking boxes have become a proxy for the whole argument about AI—its water use, its demands on power and land, the question of who benefits from it all. — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, criticized the state's election officials for not cooperating with the department's demands. — Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026 Whether Leribault can successfully adapt this centuries old institution to modern operational demands remains to be seen. — CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026 One fascination of this brave book—brave in its disclosures but more so in its demands, its spiritual rigor, and its ardent intellectualism—lies in watching the eloquent, intelligent sufferer steadily entrapping herself. — James Wood, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 The movement now includes demands over rising living costs and public services. — Teresa Medrano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 So far 26 federal judges have dismissed DOJ demands for that data across the country. — Miles Parks, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026 The demands of French students resemble those of their peers in Spain, Portugal and Albania, who in recent days have also taken to the streets over education conditions. — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026 There are a few clues along the way that, in retrospect, support the big twist, but nothing fully persuaded me of the overall credibility of the secrets exposed, or their plausibility beyond the dramatic demands of plot. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2026

Verb

Many Worlds demands that our universe actually be a multiverse. — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 Public safety demands redundancy that commercial coverage does not. — Stephen Farrugia, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Buying a book demands an unusual commitment from the customer—hours, days, or even weeks of attention, and a measure of heart besides. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Every monster has unique strengths and weaknesses, and each demands a different response. — Jeff Degraff, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026 There, Seyfried plays out Fielder’s memory of Holmes leaving the room before Evans demands to be paid to participate in the documentary. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026 In it, Seyfried (as Holmes) leaves the conversation to tend to her child, and Abbott (as Evans) demands that he be paid for participating in the documentary. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026 However, because of its outsized dependence on the CPU for handling dozens to hundreds of individual unit models, combined with rendering each of those units in full 3D, the game still demands quite a lot even today. — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2026 Over-harvesting the donor area to achieve maximum density on day one can leave nothing for the repair that later progression demands. — William Jones, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for demands

Noun

Advertisement In Europe, Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Norway, Portugal, and England implemented school CPR education through national requirements or curriculum standards.

— Meng Yang, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
Avoiding it in the first place makes far more sense, even if the K3's additional hardware and energy requirements complicate the question of its overall environmental footprint.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of requirements

Noun

When opportunities arose to expand into other sporting goods, other mechanical components, other markets entirely, the answer was consistently no.

— Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
That, in turn, could spill over into broader financial markets, and areas such as banks' prime brokerage businesses, according to the IMF.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of markets

Noun

LendingTree found that nearly one-third of Americans have used buy-now, pay-later to finance necessities like groceries, double the 14% who used the service two years ago.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Our neighbors still face high costs for housing, healthcare, childcare, groceries, and other necessities.

— Josh Bergeron, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of necessities

Verb

The results, along with details of the tumor's molecular and genetic makeup, will help doctors determine whether the pope needs additional treatment.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
The ruling party needs a majority of at least 61 seats out of 120 in the Knesset.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of needs

Verb

Unlike an ordinary instruction that explicitly asks a robot to perform a harmful action, the trigger appeared as two seemingly unrelated letters attached to an otherwise normal request.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
The ruling is on hold pending an appeal, and Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson said the program would continue uninterrupted as the state asks the Ohio Supreme Court to review the case.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of asks

Verb

Harnessing that opportunity requires both the resources to teach CPR effectively and the policies to ensure every student has the chance to learn it.

— Meng Yang, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
Any plan for red-light traffic cameras requires engineering and location approval from DOT officials.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

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