Synonyms of solicited

solicited 1 of 2

adjective

as in requested

Synonyms & Similar Words

• requested
• needed
• required
• welcome
• necessary
• desired
• wanted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unsolicited
• uninvited
• unasked
• unbidden
• unwanted
• unwelcome
• unsought
• undesired
• undesirable
• unbid
• objectionable
• unacceptable
• offensive

solicited

2 of 2

verb

past tense of solicit

1

as in interviewed

to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information

solicited several opinions about which job he should accept

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interviewed
• surveyed
• canvassed
• polled
• canvased
• questioned
• circularized
• interrogated
• sounded (out)
• felt (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reported

2

as in sought

to make a request for

always ready to solicit donations for a charity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• requested
• sought
• spoke (for)
• desired
• sued (for)
• called (for)
• required
• pleaded (for)
• plead (for)
• urged
• pled (for)
• demanded
• asked (for)
• invited
• applied (for)
• claimed
• quested
• importuned
• wished (for)
• invoked
• begged (for)
• pressed (for)
• insisted (on)
• enjoined
• petitioned (for)
• bespoke
• requisitioned
• clamored (for)
• exacted

3

as in asked

to make a request of

solicited him to join the team

Synonyms & Similar Words

• asked
• requested
• invited
• called upon
• hit (up)
• petitioned
• begged
• called on
• invoked
• prayed
• implored
• required
• besought
• appealed (to)
• entreated
• conjured
• importuned
• pleaded (to)
• plead (to)
• demanded
• beseeched
• enjoined
• pled (to)
• supplicated
• exacted
• pressed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• required
• compelled
• forced
• obliged
• constrained
• coerced

4

as in begged

to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner

solicit the President for relief funds

Synonyms & Similar Words

• begged
• petitioned
• asked
• prayed
• implored
• importuned
• called upon
• besought
• entreated
• beseeched
• appealed (to)
• conjured
• pleaded (to)
• pled (to)
• requested
• plead (to)
• besieged
• required
• called on
• supplicated
• impetrated
• invoked
• sued
• compelled
• coerced
• desired
• forced
• insisted
• demanded
• cadged
• bludged
• claimed
• mooched
• sponged
• commanded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suggested
• implied
• hinted
• intimated
• obliged
• pleased
• satisfied
• gratified
• appeased
• pacified
• contented
• comforted
• consoled
• quieted
• placated
• mollified
• conciliated

5

as in tempted

to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage

how many men have been solicited into purchasing bogus aids for "male enhancement" by shameless appeals to their vanity?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tempted
• persuaded
• lured
• seduced
• enticed
• betrayed
• allured
• decoyed
• baited
• beguiled
• led on
• inveigled
• fascinated
• trapped
• drew in
• enchanted
• roped (in)
• snowed
• entrapped
• meshed
• ensnared
• enmeshed
• charmed
• captivated
• caught
• snared
• immeshed
• magnetized
• tangled
• bewitched
• wiled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• warned
• cautioned
• alerted
• forewarned
• drove (away or off)
• turned away
• repulsed
• warded (off)