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Main Entry: profess
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: declare, assert

Synonyms:

acknowledge, act as if, admit, affirm, allege, announce, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, blow hot air, certify, claim, come out, confess, confirm, constate, croon, cross heart, depose, dissemble, fake, feign, get off chest, get on soapbox, maintain, make out, open up, own, own up, predicate, pretend, proclaim, purport, say so, sing*, soapbox, spiel*, spout, state, stump, swear on bible, swear up and down, talk big, vouch

Antonyms:

conceal, hide
Main Entry: acknowledge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: admit truth or reality of something

Synonyms:

accede, accept, acquiesce, allow, avow, come clean, come out of closet, concede, confess, cop a plea, crack*, declare, fess up, get off chest, grant, let on, open up, own, profess, recognize, yield

Antonyms:

abjure, contradict, disavow, renounce
Main Entry: admit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: confess, acknowledge

Synonyms:

accept, accord, acquiesce, adopt, affirm, agree, allow, approve, avow, bare, bring to light, communicate, concede, concur, confide, confirm, consent, cop a plea, credit, declare, disclose, divulge, enumerate, expose, go into details, grant, indicate, let, let on, make known, narrate, number, open up, own, own up, permit, proclaim, profess, recite, recognize, relate, reveal, spill*, subscribe to, talk, tell, tolerate, uncover, unveil, yield
Notes: with admit, the acknowledgment of something being true applies to one's own sphere of conduct, whereas with concede the acknowledgment applies to another's; admit implies reluctance to disclose, grant, or concede and refers usually to facts rather than their implications

Antonyms:

confute, deny, dispute, dissent, gainsay, refuse
Main Entry: affirm
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: declare the truth of something

Synonyms:

assert, asseverate, attest, aver, avouch, avow, certify, cinch, clinch, confirm, cross heart, declare, guarantee, have a lock on, ice*, insist, lock up, maintain, nail down, okay, predicate, profess, pronounce, put on ice, ratify, repeat, rubber-stamp, say so, set, state, swear, swear on bible, swear up and down, testify, vouch, witness

Antonyms:

deny, negate, nullify, veto
Main Entry: allege
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: assert; claim

Synonyms:

adduce, advance, affirm, asservate, aver, avouch, avow, charge, cite, declare, depose, lay, maintain, offer, plead, present, profess, put forward, recite, recount, state, testify

Antonyms:

contradict, deny, disagree, dissent, object, protest, repudiate
Main Entry: assert
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: insist, declare, maintain

Synonyms:

advance, affirm, allege, argue, asservate, attest, aver, avouch, avow, butt in, cite, claim, contend, defend, horn in, justify, mouth off, pop off, predicate, press, proclaim, profess, pronounce, protest, put forward, say, shoot off one's mouth, shoot one's wad, stand up for, state, stress, swear, uphold, vindicate, warrant

Antonyms:

deny, reject
Main Entry: certify
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: declare as true

Synonyms:

accredit, approve, ascertain, assure, attest, authenticate, authorize, aver, avow, commission, confirm, corroborate, endorse, guarantee, license, notify, okay, profess, reassure, rubber-stamp, sanction, show, state, swear, testify, validate, verify, vouch, witness

Antonyms:

contradict, counteract, deny, disavow, discredit, invalidate, reject, repudiate
Main Entry: claim
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: demand, maintain property or right

Synonyms:

adduce, advance, allege, ask, assert, believe, call for, challenge, collect, declare, defend, exact, have dibs on something, hit, hit up, hold, hold out for, insist, justify, knock, lay claim to, need, pick up, pop the question, postulate, pretend, profess, pronounce, require, requisition, solicit, stake out, take, uphold, vindicate

Antonyms:

deny, disclaim, question
Main Entry: confess
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: admit, confirm

Synonyms:

acknowledge, affirm, allow, assert, attest, aver, avow, blow, blurt out, chirp, clue in, come clean, come out, concede, confide, declare, disclose, divulge, dump on, evince, finger*, fink, grant, humble oneself, leak*, let on, level with, make clean breast of, manifest, narrate, open one's heart, own, own up, post, profess, prove, rat on, recognize, relate, reveal, sing*, snitch, sound off, spill the beans, spit out, squeal, tip hand, unload, vent, weasel

Antonyms:

conceal, deny, disavow, disown, hide, mask, repudiate, secrete
Main Entry: declare
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make known clearly or officially

Synonyms:

acknowledge, advance, advocate, affirm, allegate, allege, announce, argue, assert, asservate, attest, aver, avow, be positive, blaze, bring forward, certify, cite, claim, confess, confirm, contend, convey, demonstrate, disclose, enunciate, give out, inform, insist, maintain, manifest, notify, pass, proclaim, profess, promulgate, pronounce, propound, publish, put forward, reaffirm, reassert, render, repeat, reveal, set forth, show, sound, state, stress, swear, tell, testify, validate, vouch

Antonyms:

deny, disavow, retract
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