I. verb
1.
Synonyms: demand 1, call, challenge, exact, postulate, require, requisition, solicit
Related Word: adduce, advance, allege; assert, defend, justify, maintain, vindicate
Contrasted words: abnegate, forgo; refuse, reject, repudiate; disavow, disown
Antonyms: disclaim; renounce
2.
Synonyms: maintain 2, argue, assert, contend, defend, justify, vindicate, warrant
II. noun
1.
a real or assumed right to demand something as one's own or one's due
his genial wit was his greatest claim to fame
Synonyms: ||dibs, pretense, pretension, title
Related Word: birthright, prerogative, privilege, right; affirmation, assertion, declaration, protestation
2.
Synonyms: interest 1, share, stake