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Main Entry:	say
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make declaration
Synonyms:	add, affirm, allege, announce, answer, assert, claim, come out with, communicate, conjecture, convey, declare, deliver, disclose, divulge, do, estimate, express, flap, gab, guess, imagine, imply, jaw, judge, lip, maintain, mention, opine, orate, perform, pronounce, rap, read, recite, rehearse, relate, remark, render, repeat, reply, report, respond, reveal, rumor, speak, spiel, state, suggest, tell, utter, verbalize, voice, yak, break silence, give voice, make known, put forth, put into words
Notes:	say, speak, and tell are near synonyms, but say is usually followed by a statement or words actually uttered
Antonyms:	ask, question, request

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Main Entry:	answer
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	reply, react
Synonyms:	acknowledge, argue, back talk, claim, comeback, contest, defend, deny, disprove, dispute, echo, explain, feedback, get back at, parry, plead, rebut, refute, rejoin, remark, resolve, respond, retaliate, retort, return, sass, say, settle, solve, squelch, top*, answer back, back at you, be in touch, counterclaim, field the question, get back to, give a snappy comeback, shoot back, talk back
Antonyms:	ask, question

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Main Entry:	articulate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	say clearly, coherently
Synonyms:	enunciate, express, mouth, pronounce, say, speak, state, talk, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, sound off
Antonyms:	bumble, misrepresent, misspeak

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

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Main Entry:	authority
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	power, control
Synonyms:	ascendancy, authorization, beef, charge, clout, command, credit, domination, dominion, edge, esteem, force, goods, government, guts, influence, juice, jump, jurisdiction, license, mastery, might, permission, permit, pizzazz, prerogative, prestige, punch, right, rule, say, steam, strength, stuff, supremacy, sway, upper hand, warrant, weight, word, zap*, leg up, might and main, pow, powerhouse, ropes, say-so, strong arm, what it takes, whip hand

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	breathe
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	tell information
Synonyms:	articulate, confide, express, murmur, say, sigh, utter, voice, whisper
Antonyms:	hide, secret

Main Entry:	carte blanche
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	complete authority
Synonyms:	authority, blank check, franchise, free hand, free rein, freedom, grant, latitude, leeway, license, permission, prerogative, sanction, say, warrant, full authority, full power, full power, no holds barred, power of attorney, say-so, unconditional authority, unconditional right, unrestricted authority

Main Entry:	choice
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	power to select; selection
Synonyms:	alternative, appraisal, choosing, cull, cup of tea*, decision, determination, discretion, discrimination, distinction, election, evaluation, extract, favorite, finding, free will, judgment, opportunity, option, pick, preference, rating, say, substitute, variety, verdict, volition, vote, weakness, druthers

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Main Entry:	come out with
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	disclose information
Synonyms:	acknowledge, bring out, come clean, declare, deliver, divulge, own, say, state, tell, throw out, utter, chime in*, lay open, own up
Antonyms:	hide, secret

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Main Entry:	comment
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make statement of opinion, explanation
Synonyms:	affirm, annotate, assert, bring out, clarify, conclude, construe, criticize, disclose, elucidate, explain, explicate, expound, express, gloss, illustrate, interject, interpose, interpret, mention, note, notice, observe, opine, point out, pronounce, reflect, remark, say, state, animadvert, commentate, pass on, touch upon
Antonyms:	refrain, keep quiet

Main Entry:	contend
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	argue
Synonyms:	affirm, allege, assert, aver, avow, blast, charge, claim, come at, cross, debate, defend, dictate, dispute, enjoin, gang up on, hold, insist, justify, lay into, maintain, mix, prescribe, report, rip, say, take on, tell, urge, vindicate, warrant, zap, fly in face of, go at, have at, have bone to pick, jump on, lace into, let have it, light into*, lock horns with, mix it up, put up argument, set to, sock it to one, stick it to
Antonyms:	cede, give in, surrender, give up

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Main Entry:	decree
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	mandate, legal order
Synonyms:	act, announcement, behest, bidding, charge, command, commandment, declaration, dictum, direction, directive, edict, enactment, injunction, instruction, judgment, law, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, pronouncement, rap*, regulation, rule, ruling, say, statute, charging, decretum, promulgation, the riot act, the word, ukase

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	deliver
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	announce, proclaim
Synonyms:	address, bring out, broach, come out with, communicate, declare, express, give, impart, present, pronounce, publish, read, say, state, tell, throw out, utter, vent, voice, chime in, give forth
Antonyms:	keep, withhold, be quiet

Main Entry:	dictate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	read out for the record
Synonyms:	compose, deliver, emit, formulate, interview, orate, say, speak, talk, transmit, utter, verbalize, draft correspondence, give account, give forth, prepare draft

Main Entry:	enunciate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	speak clearly
Synonyms:	affirm, announce, articulate, declare, deliver, develop, express, intone, modulate, outline, postulate, proclaim, promulgate, pronounce, publish, say, show, sound, state, submit, utter, vocalize, voice, enounce, lay down, phonate, propound
Antonyms:	muffle, mumble, mispronounce

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

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Main Entry:	jurisdiction
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	area of authority
Synonyms:	administration, arbitration, area, authority, bailiwick, circuit, command, commission, compass, confines, control, discretion, district, domination, dominion, empire, extent, field, hegemony, influence, inquisition, might, orbit, power, prerogative, province, range, reach, reign, right, rule, say, scope, slot, sovereignty, sphere, supervision, sway, territory, turf*, zone, bounds, judicature, limits, magistracy, purview, stomping grounds

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Main Entry:	let on
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	acknowledge, admit
Synonyms:	allow, avow, betray, concede, confess, disclose, divulge, give away, grant, hint, imply, indicate, mouth, own, reveal, say, spill, suggest, tell, uncover, unveil, let out, make known, own up
Antonyms:	deny, disacknowledge

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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

Main Entry:	mean
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	signify, convey
Synonyms:	adumbrate, allude, argue, attest, augur, betoken, connote, denote, designate, determine, drive at*, express, foreshadow, foretell, herald, imply, import, indicate, intimate, involve, name, portend, presage, promise, purport, represent, say, spell, stand for, suggest, symbolize, add up, allude to, hint at, point to, speak of, tell the meaning of, touch on