claims

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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This is typical of the medium-sized AI models seen running on Cerebras hardware, but the company claims they will soon be able to run much larger models, like OpenAI’s ChatGPT 5.5.

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

Which? claims that since 2015 Apple has effectively locked users into its services and overcharged them as a result.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

In “The One and the Ninety-Nine,” Mr. Burgis claims that “each of us is torn between belonging and differentiation, and few ever learn to manage that tension.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

“She claims she had it in her milk with her child, and that’s what the insurance company took to settle, and we weren’t going to litigate it.”

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

Delia Defoe, his editor at Papyrus Publishing, claims that she has never met him—or even spoken to him on the phone!

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr