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Synonyms
de·mand·ing (dĭ-măńdĭng)

adjective 

Requiring much effort or attention: exhausted by a demanding job. See synonyms at burdensome

derivatives

de·mand́ing·ly
adverb
de·mand (dĭ-mănd́)

[Middle English demanden, from Old French demander, to charge with doing,, and from Medieval Latin dēmandāre, to demand, both from Latin, to entrust, dē-, de-, + mandāre, to entrust.]

verb: -mand·ed, -mand·ing, -mands. 

transitive verb 

  1. To ask for urgently or peremptorily: demand an investigation into the murder; demanding that he leave immediately; demanded to speak to the manager.
  2. To claim as just or due: demand repayment of a loan.
  3. To ask to be informed of: I demand a reason for this interruption.
  4. To require as useful, just, proper, or necessary; call for: a gem that demands a fine setting.
  5. Law
    1. To summon to court.
    2. To claim formally; lay legal claim to.

intransitive verb 

To make a demand.

noun 

  1. The act of demanding.
  2. Something demanded: granted the employees' demands.
  3. An urgent requirement or need: the heavy demands of her job; the emotional demands of his marriage; an increased oxygen demand.
  4. The state of being sought after: in great demand as a speaker.
  5. Economics
    1. The desire to possess a commodity or make use of a service, combined with the ability to purchase it.
    2. The amount of a commodity or service that people are ready to buy for a given price: Supply should rise to meet demand.
  6. Computer Science A coding technique in which a command to read or write is initiated as the need for a new block of data occurs, thus eliminating the need to store data.
  7. Law A formal claim.
  8. Archaic An emphatic question or inquiry.

idioms

on demand
When presented for payment: a note payable on demand. When needed or asked for: fed the baby on demand.

derivatives

de·mand́a·ble
adjective
de·mand́er
noun

synonyms:

demand, claim, exact, require These verbs mean to ask for urgently or insistently: demanding better working conditions; claiming repayment of a debt; exacted obedience from the child; tax payments required by law.