Synonyms of the word

insist

• v. (with on or upon or (that + ordinary verb form)) To hold up a claim emphatically.
• v. (sometimes with on or upon or (that + subjunctive)) To demand continually that something happen or be…
• v. (obsolete, chiefly geometry) To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).

assert

• n. (computer science) an assertion; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is…
• v. To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
• v. To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
• v. To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.
• v. (computer science) To make true; to make equal to 1.

beg

• v. (intransitive) to request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
• v. (transitive) to plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
• v. (transitive) to assume, in the phrase beg the question.
• v. (proscribed) to raise a question, in the phrase beg the question.
• v. (law, obsolete) To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
• n. a provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire, a bey.
• abbr. (knitting) beginning.

implore

• v. To beg urgently or earnestly.
• v. To call upon or pray to earnestly; to entreat.

importune

• v. To bother, trouble, irritate.
• v. To harass with persistent requests.
• v. To approach to offer one's services as a prostitute, or otherwise make improper proposals.
• v. (obsolete) To import; to signify.
• adj. (obsolete) Grievous, severe, exacting.
• adj. (obsolete) Inopportune; unseasonable.
• adj. (obsolete) Troublesome; vexatious; persistent.

posit

• n. Something that is posited; a postulate.
• n. (aviation) Abbreviation of position.
• v. Assume the existence of; to postulate.
• v. Propose for consideration or study; to suggest.
• v. Put (something somewhere) firmly.

postulate

• n. Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a…
• n. A fundamental element; a basic principle.
• n. (logic) An axiom.
• n. A requirement; a prerequisite.
• adj. Postulated.
• v. To assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, Christianity, historical) To appoint or request one's appointment to an ecclesiastical…
• v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To request, demand or claim for oneself.

pray

• v. To petition or solicit help from a supernatural or higher being.
• v. To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
• v. (religion) To communicate with God for any reason.
• v. (obsolete) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
• adv. Please; used to make a polite request.