demands

Noun

• an urgent or peremptory request
  • "his demands for attention were unceasing"
• the ability and desire to purchase goods and services
• required activity
  • "there were many demands on his time"
• the act of demanding
  • "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money"
• a condition requiring relief
• plural of demand

Verb

• request urgently and forcefully
• require as useful, just, or proper
  • "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"
• claim as due or just
• lay legal claim to
• summon to court
• ask to be informed of
• third-person singular simple present indicative of demand

Synonyms

ask, call for, demand, exact, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, requirement, take

Antonyms

obviate, supply