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| Main Entry: | affirm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare the truth of something |
| Synonyms: | assert, asseverate, attest, aver, avow, certify, cinch, clinch, confirm, declare, guarantee, ice*, insist, maintain, nail down*, okay, predicate, profess, pronounce, ratify, repeat, set, state, swear, testify, vouch, witness, avouch, cross heart, have a lock on, lock up, put on ice, rubber-stamp, say so, swear on bible, swear up and down |
| Antonyms: | deny, negate, nullify, veto |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | order and expect; claim |
| Synonyms: | assert, asseverate, aver, contend, demand, hold, importune, maintain, persist, press, reiterate, repeat, request, require, swear, urge, vow, be firm, lay down the law, stand firm, take a stand |
| Antonyms: | endure, forget, tolerate |
| Main Entry: | profess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare, assert |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, admit, affirm, allege, announce, asseverate, aver, avow, certify, claim, come out*, confess, confirm, croon, depose, dissemble, fake, feign, maintain, make out, own, predicate, pretend, proclaim, purport, sing*, spiel*, spout*, state, stump*, vouch, act as if, avouch, blow hot air, constate, cross heart, get off chest, get on soapbox, open up, own up, say so, soapbox, swear on bible, swear up and down, talk big |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | protest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complain, disapprove; argue against |
| Synonyms: | affirm, assert, asseverate, attest, avow, blast*, buck, combat, contend, declare, demonstrate, demur, disagree, except, expostulate, fight, holler, howl, insist, kick*, maintain, object, oppose, predicate, profess, rebel, remonstrate, resist, revolt, squawk*, testify, thumbs down, avouch, back-talk, be against, be displeased by, constate, cry out, inveigh against, make a stink, put up a fight, say no, sound off, take exception |
| Antonyms: | accept, approve, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | state |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare, assert |
| Synonyms: | affirm, air, articulate, asseverate, aver, bring out, come out with, deliver, describe, elucidate, enumerate, enunciate, explain, expound, express, give, interpret, narrate, pitch, present, pronounce, put, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, say, speak, specify, spiel*, tell, throw out*, utter, vent, ventilate, voice, chime in*, enounce, give blow-by-blow, give rundown, propound, set forth |
| Antonyms: | ask, question |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | utter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | say, reveal |
| Synonyms: | affirm, air, announce, articulate, assert, asseverate, blurt, bring out, chime, chin*, come out with*, declaim, declare, deliver, disclose, divulge, ejaculate, enunciate, exclaim, express, go, jaw*, lip*, modulate, mouth*, mutter, proclaim, promulgate, pronounce, publish, recite, shout, speak, spiel*, state, talk, throw out, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whisper, give words to, make known, put into words |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vouch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give assurance |
| Synonyms: | affirm, answer for, assert, asseverate, assure, avert, avow, back, certify, confirm, contend, corroborate, declare, guarantee, maintain, okay*, predicate, profess, prove, sponsor, substantiate, support, testify, uphold, verify, vow, warrant, witness, act as a witness, attest to, be responsible for, bear testimony, cosign, get behind*, give an affidavit, put forth, rubber-stamp, say so, sign for, stand up for*, swear to, swear up and down |
| Antonyms: | deny, disavow, refute, reject, renounce |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | express |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | articulate; signify, mean |
| Synonyms: | add up to*, air, assert, asseverate, bespeak, broach, circulate, communicate, connote, convey, couch, declare, denote, depict, designate, disclose, divulge, embody, enunciate, evince, exhibit, formulate, frame*, give, hint, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, intimate, manifest, phrase, proclaim, pronounce, put, represent, reveal, say, show, speak, spell, stand for, state, suggest, symbolize, tell, testify, utter, vent, ventilate, verbalize, voice, word, make known, pop off*, put across, put into words |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | maintain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assert, claim; argue for |
| Synonyms: | advocate, affirm, allege, asseverate, attest, aver, avow, back, champion, contend, correct, declare, defend, emphasize, hold, insist, justify, persist, profess, protest, rectify, report, right, say, state, stress, uphold, vindicate, fight for, plead for, stand by |
| Antonyms: | condemn, desert, discard, forget |
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