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assertion - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | assertion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | declaration, positive statement |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, allegation, asservation, attestation, avowal, contention, defense, insistence, maintenance, mouthful, okay, predication, profession, pronouncement, report, say so, stamp of approval, stressing, two cents' worth, vindication |
| Antonyms: | denial, rejection |
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| Main Entry: | assertion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
flat, absolute, affirmatory, asserting, broad, categorical, certain, confident, decided, declaratory, definitve, distinct, dogmatic, emphatic, explicit, express, formal, ipse, peremptory, philodoxical, pointed, positive, predicable, predicatory, pronunciative, round, solemn, thetical, trenchant, unretracted
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| Main Entry: | affirmation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | declaration of the truth of something |
| Synonyms: | affidavit, assertion, avowal, confirmation, declaration, green light*, oath, okay, pronouncement, ratification, statement, sworn statement, testimonial, testimony, asseveration, attestation, averment, avouchment, certification, stamp of approval |
| Antonyms: | denial, negation, veto, nullification |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | alibi |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defense against charges of wrongdoing; evidence of absence |
| Synonyms: | account, affirmation, allegation, answer, assertion, assurance, avowal, case, cover, declaration, excuse, explanation, fish story*, justification, plea, pretext, profession, proof, reason, reply, retort, song and dance*, stall, statement, vindication, airtight case, cop-out |
| Notes: | an alias is an assumed name, an alibi is a form of defense whereby a defendant attempts to prove that he or she was elsewhere when the crime in question was committed, while an excuse is an explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | avowal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acknowledgment |
| Synonyms: | admission, affirmation, announcement, assertion, confession, declaration, oath, proclamation, testimony |
| Main Entry: | claim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | property, right demanded or reserved |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, allegation, application, assertion, birthright, call, case, declaration, demand, dibs, due, entreaty, interest, lien, part, petition, plea, prerogative, pretense, pretension, privilege, profession, reclamation, request, requirement, requisition, suit, title, ultimatum, counterclaim, postulation, protestation |
| Main Entry: | confession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | admittance of information |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, admission, affirmation, allowance, assertion, avowal, concession, declaration, disclosure, enumeration, exposé, exposure, narration, proclamation, profession, publication, recitation, relation, revelation, song*, squawk*, squeal*, statement, story, telling, utterance, assenting, disclosing, divulgence, making public, owning up, revealing, unbosoming |
| Antonyms: | concealment, cover, denial, secret, disavowal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | premise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hypothesis, argument |
| Synonyms: | assertion, assumption, basis, evidence, ground, postulate, presumption, proof, proposition, supposition, thesis, apriorism, posit, postulation, presupposition |
| Antonyms: | fact, reality, truth |
| Main Entry: | remark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | comment, observation |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, annotation, assertion, attention, back talk, bon mot, cognizance, comeback, commentary, conclusion, consideration, crack*, declaration, elucidation, exegesis, explanation, explication, exposition, expression, gloss, heed, illustration, interpretation, mention, mind, note, notice, obiter dictum, observance, opinion, point, recognition, reflection, regard, saying, statement, talk, thought, two cents' worth, utterance, wisecrack, witticism, word |
| Antonyms: | silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | utterance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | revelation |
| Synonyms: | announcement, articulation, assertion, declaration, delivery, discourse, ejaculation, expression, opinion, oration, pronouncement, rant, recitation, remark, reply, response, saying, sentence, speaking, speech, spiel, statement, talk, vent, voice, word, words, asseveration, peroration, verbalization, vocalization, vociferation |
| Antonyms: | silence |
| Main Entry: | vow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promise |
| Synonyms: | assertion, oath, pledge, profession, troth, word of honor, affiance, asseveration |
| Antonyms: | breach, break |
| Main Entry: | acknowledgment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | act of recognizing authority or truth of something |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, accession, acquiescence, admission, affirmation, allowance, assent, assertion, avowal, compliance, concession, concurrence, confession, confirmation, declaration, profession, ratification, realization, recognition, yielding, admitting, allowing, asservation, conceding, corroboration |
| Main Entry: | assurance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | statement to relieve doubt |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, assertion, declaration, guarantee, insurance, lock*, oath, pledge, profession, promise, security, support, sure thing*, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor, lock on, rain or shine, shoo-in |
| Antonyms: | distrust, doubt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | communication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | giving, exchanging information, ideas |
| Synonyms: | advice, articulation, assertion, communion, connection, contact, conversation, converse, correspondence, corresponding, declaration, delivery, dissemination, elucidation, expression, intelligence, interchange, intercourse, link, mention, publication, reading, reception, revelation, talk, talking, telling, transfer, transmission, utterance, writing, advisement, announcing, disclosing, intercommunication, making known, notifying, translating |
| Antonyms: | concealment, cover, quiet, suppression, withholding |
| Main Entry: | expression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verbalization |
| Synonyms: | announcement, argument, articulation, assertion, commentary, communication, declaration, definition, delivery, diction, elucidation, emphasis, execution, explanation, exposition, idiom, interpretation, intonation, issue, language, locution, mention, narration, phrase, phraseology, pronouncement, remark, rendition, speaking, speech, statement, style, term, utterance, vent, voice, word, writ, asseveration, choice of words, enunciation, formulation, phrasing, set phrase, turn of phrase, voicing |
| Main Entry: | admission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confession or acknowledgment |
| Synonyms: | accession, admittance, affidavit, affirmation, allowance, assent, assertion, avowal, concession, confirmation, declaration, deposition, disclosure, profession, revelation, statement, testimonial, testimony, attestation, averment, divulgence |
| Antonyms: | denial, refusal, repudiation, disallowance |
| Main Entry: | argument |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effort to convince; presentation of support |
| Synonyms: | assertion, case, claim, contention, debate, defense, discussion, exchange, grounds, logic, plea, pleading, proof, questioning, reason, reasoning, remonstrance, argumentation, expostulation, line of reasoning, polemic, remonstration |
| Main Entry: | contention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument for idea |
| Synonyms: | advancement, affirmation, allegation, assertion, avowal, belief, charge, claim, declaration, deposition, discussion, explanation, ground, hurrah, hypothesis, idea, opinion, plea, position, profession, rumpus, stand, thesis, view, asseveration, contestation, demurrer, maintaining, predication |
| Main Entry: | dictum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decree, pronouncement |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, assertion, command, declaration, dictate, edict, fiat, order |
| Main Entry: | profession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | declaration |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, affirmation, assertion, avowal, claim, confession, pretense, statement, testimony, vow, attestation |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
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