CLAIMED Synonyms: 207 Similar and Opposite Words

claimed 1 of 2

adjective

as in alleged

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verb

past tense of claim

as in insisted

to state as a fact usually forcefully people who claim that they have been kidnapped by aliens from other worlds

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as in demanded

to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority after many years had passed, he suddenly appeared to claim his inheritance

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as in killed

to deprive of life cancer claims hundreds of thousands of Americans each year

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as in required

to have as a requirement caring for her three small children claims virtually all of her time

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Recent Examples of claimed

Adjective

The complaint presents the claimed purpose as Batie-Smoose's belief. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 At the claimed range, this would likely mean the Chinese pilot would have been able to not only see the foreign aircraft, but may also have been able to identify the pilot (using its optical zoom equipment). — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 14 Feb. 2026 This is one of the reasons why the claimed detection of phosphine on Venus is so controversial. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2025 And, of course, there is Elon's Starlink and all the claimed internet connections that run with T-Mobile's 5G. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 9 Aug. 2025

Verb

The man on the line claimed a Mexican drug cartel had kidnapped her 37-year-old daughter. — Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026 While protests in France have claimed most international attention, large demonstrations are also rocking many European cities Saturday from Milan to Madrid, Lisbon and Tirana. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 But in some areas, there is a larger military presence working to clear rubble — a stark contrast to the initial hours of the tragedy, when families claimed that there were no officials present. — CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026 In early October, RadarOnline claimed that the former American Idol judges reconnected after their respective divorces. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 24 Oct. 2026 In the survey, Glacier Point claimed the top spot in California. — Gagandeep Singh, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026 Allen claimed that much of the breakdown was due to his former attorney, Alandis Brassel, becoming seriously ill while representing him. — Ashley Hume , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026 Under the terms of the Tripartite Convention of 1899, the United States claimed eastern Samoa (now American Samoa), while Germany made a colony of the western part of the islands (now the independent country of Samoa). — Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026 Giles Corey, who refused to enter a plea so that his land could not be claimed, and was subjected to pressing, essentially crushed to death by stone. — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026

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In 2024 Max Read, director of civic innovation for the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, identified seven such alleged outlets.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Officers were at the Walmart to respond to a call about an alleged shoplifting and encountered two people with a child fleeing from the store into a vehicle, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety said at the time of the June 14 incident.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of alleged

Verb

Until now, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has insisted the men were still alive and being held by gangs.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2026
Putin has long insisted that Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Donetsk and Luhansk regions, which Russia has tried — and failed — to fully capture over more than four years of war have always been Russian.

— Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of insisted

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The ever-rising risk premium demanded by investors for holding those bonds shows that traders are still unconvinced that the French government has a plan to resolve its budget crisis.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Two months later, pointing to the Moreno Valley decision, the city deemed the development agreement invalid and demanded its money back.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

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Two women, ages 50 and 60, were killed and dozens of other people were wounded in a Russian strike on a market in Lozova, in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, said Oleh Syniehubov, head of the regional military administration.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
Samuels was killed just minutes after posting about Wright's abuse on social media.

— WCCO Staff, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of killed

Verb

Jullien Harneis, the UN’s senior Ebola coordinator, said the outbreak’s expanding reach required more teams, coordination and logistical support.

— Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026
The United States and China are the two economies that have invested at the scale required.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of required

Adjective

Its voiceover describes purported attacks by Russian and Ukrainian forces.

— Molly Stellino, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2022
The assembly meeting, planned before Monday’s barrage, was intended to respond to Russia’s purported absorption last month of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.

— JENNIFER PELTZ, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2022

Definition of purported

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Joseph Hill, the director of the Center for Black Deaf Studies at Gallaudet University, asserted that BASL is generally treated as more of a dialect than a language.

— New York Times, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026
In July, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin asserted in a letter to California Secretary of State Shirley Weber that California may have more than 190,000 noncitizen voters on its rolls.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of asserted

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The Paris police requested the change because police and security resources are stretched thin due to mass protests, ongoing civil unrest, and France's first NFL game happening in the region, per multiple reports.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
In 2013, Pérez requested permission to explore a part of the park for iron oxide.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

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