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Synonyms of ask in English:

ask


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verb

1‘ask her what she did’

SYNONYMS
inquire, inquire of, query, want to know, question, put a question to, interrogate, quiz, cross-question, cross-examine, catechize
informal grill, pump, give the third degree to
ANTONYMS

answer

2‘they just want to ask a few questions’

SYNONYMS
put, put forward, pose, raise, submit, propose, get the answer to, seek the answer to
ANTONYMS

answer

3‘I asked him to call the manager’

SYNONYMS
request, demand, appeal to, apply to, petition, call on, entreat, beg, implore, exhort, urge, enjoin, importune, pray, solicit, beseech, plead with, sue, supplicate
seek, put in for, call for, crave

4‘let's ask them to dinner’

SYNONYMS
invite, bid, have someone over, have someone round, summon
request the pleasure of someone's company