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claim

[kleym] / kleɪm /
NOUN
property, right demanded or reserved
Synonyms
STRONGEST
allegation application assertion call case demand interest petition plea request requirement suit
STRONG
affirmation birthright counterclaim declaration dibs due entreaty lien part postulation prerogative pretense pretension privilege profession protestation reclamation requisition title ultimatum
Antonyms
STRONGEST
answer reply
STRONG
denial honesty truth
VERB
demand, maintain property or right
Synonyms
STRONGEST
allege ask assert believe call for challenge collect declare defend hold insist need take
STRONG
adduce advance exact hit justify knock postulate pretend profess pronounce require requisition solicit uphold vindicate
WEAK
have dibs on something hit up hold out for lay claim to pick up pop the question stake out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
abandon answer deny desert disbelieve forsake give quit reject repudiate stop
STRONG
conceal hide
WEAK
disclaim question

Example Sentences

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He also mused openly about seizing Iranian oil, as he has in recent social media posts in which he floated the idea of using the war to claim Iranian energy resources.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Markets function only if participants are treated as ends in themselves, with a stable and equal claim to protection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Her basic claim was that prosecutors and police should have known that she had committed no crime but persecuted her anyway.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

China's Zhao Xintong thrashed world number one Judd Trump 10-3 to claim his first Tour Championship title in Manchester.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

That was their biggest claim: The pools of loans he had bet against were “relatively clean.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.