Appeal
Request
Request verb - To make a request of.
Usage example: a letter from the First Lady graciously requesting the chorus to perform at the White House
Appeal is a synonym for request in petition topic. You can use "Appeal" instead the word "Request" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as behaviour, wish, application, appeal for.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
How words are described
| similar | similar appeal | similar request |
| specific | specific appeal | specific request |
| direct | direct appeal | direct request |
| certain | certain appeal | certain request |
| Other adjectives: popular, great, easy, famous, personal, final, next, subsequent, strange, last. | ||
Common collocations
| kiss | appeal kiss | request kiss |
| audience | appeal audience | request audience |
| show | appeal show | request show |
| characters | appeal characters | request characters |
Both words in one sentence
- In Astro City, the Silver Agent makes no effort to defend himself in his murder trial, and makes no appeal or request for clemency.
Source: Silent Scapegoat -
The symbolism of this is as an appeal that the one supplicated does not walk away or speak until the request is made.
Source: Pose of Supplication -
Jordi's emancipation appeal is denied, after which he confesses to Nurse Jackson about dealing drugs to expedite his request.
Source: Series / Red Band Society
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