| Main Entry: | proclamation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advertisement, announcement |
Synonyms: |
broadcast, declaration, decree, edict, manifesto, notice, notification, promulgation, pronouncement, pronunciamento, publication |
Antonyms: |
secret |
| Main Entry: | advertisement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public notice of sale |
Synonyms: |
ad, announcement, bill, blurb, broadcast, circular, classified ad, commercial, communication, declaration, display, endorsement, exhibit, exhibition, flyer, literature, notice, notification, placard, plug, poster, proclamation, promotion, promulgation, propaganda, publication, publicity, squib, throwaway, want ad |
| Main Entry: | advertising |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public notice of sale; notices to increase consumer desire |
Synonyms: |
PR, announcement, announcing, ballyhoo, billing, blasting, broadcasting, buildup, displaying, exhibiting, exhibition, exposition, hard sell, hoopla*, hype*, pitch, plug, posting, proclamation, promo, promoting, promotion, publicity, puff, screamer, spread, squib |
| Main Entry: | avowal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acknowledgment |
Synonyms: |
admission, affirmation, announcement, assertion, confession, declaration, oath, proclamation, testimony |
| Main Entry: | command |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | directive, instruction |
Synonyms: |
act, adjuration, ban, behest, bidding, call, canon, caveat, charge, citation, commandment, decree, demand, devoir, dictate, dictation, dictum, direction, duty, edict, enactment, exaction, fiat, imperative, imposition, injunction, interdiction, law, mandate, notification, obligation, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, prohibition, proscription, regulation, request, requirement, requisition, responsibility, rule, subpoena, summons, ultimatum, warrant, will, word, writ |
| Notes: | an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels |
Antonyms: |
contradiction, countermand, opposition, recall, reversal, revocation |
| Main Entry: | confession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | admittance of information |
Synonyms: |
acknowledgment, admission, affirmation, allowance, assenting, assertion, avowal, concession, declaration, disclosing, disclosure, divulgence, enumeration, exposure, exposé, making public, narration, owning up, proclamation, profession, publication, recitation, relation, revealing, revelation, song*, squawk, squeal, statement, story, telling, unbosoming, utterance |
Antonyms: |
concealment, cover, denial, disavowal, secret |
| Main Entry: | declaration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | official proclamation |
Synonyms: |
acclamation, affidavit, allegation, announcement, article, attestation, bulletin, canon, charge, confirmation, constitution, credo, creed, denunciation, deposition, document, edict, gospel, indictment, manifesto, notice, notification, plea, proclamation, profession, promulgation, pronouncement, pronunciamento, resolution, testament, testimony, ultimatum |
Antonyms: |
denial, retraction |
| Main Entry: | decree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mandate, legal order |
Synonyms: |
act, announcement, behest, bidding, charge, charging, command, commandment, declaration, decretum, dictum, direction, directive, edict, enactment, injunction, instruction, judgment, law, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, promulgation, pronouncement, rap, regulation, rule, ruling, say, statute, the riot act, the word, ukase |
| Main Entry: | edict |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pronouncement, order |
Synonyms: |
act, canon, command, commandment, decree, decretum, dictate, dictum, directive, enactment, fiat, injunction, instrument, judgment, law, mandate, manifesto, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, pronunciamento, regulation, rule, ruling, statute, ukase, writ |
| Main Entry: | enactment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | law; authorization |
Synonyms: |
command, commandment, decree, dictate, edict, execution, legislation, order, ordinance, proclamation, ratification, regulation, statute |
Antonyms: |
block, disallowance, hindrance, stop, veto |