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| 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: | state |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | condition or mode of being |
| Synonyms: | accompaniment, attitude, capacity, case, category, character, circumstance, circumstances, contingency, element, environment, essential, estate, event, eventuality, fix, footing, form, frame of mind, humor, imperative, juncture, limitation, mood, nature, occasion, occurrence, outlook, pass, phase, plight, position, posture, predicament, prerequisite, proviso, reputation, requirement, shape, situation, spirits, stand, standing, station, status, stipulation, time, welfare, chances, state of affairs |
| Main Entry: | state |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dignity, grandeur |
| Synonyms: | cachet, ceremony, consequence, display, glory, majesty, pomp, position, prestige, rank, splendor, standing, stature, status, style |
| Main Entry: | state |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government, country |
| Synonyms: | body politic, commonwealth, community, federation, land, nation, republic, sovereignty, territory, union |
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
state, condition, category, estate, lot, ease, trim, mood, pickle, plight, temper; aspect (appearance) [more], dilemma, pass, predicament., constitution, habitude, diathesis; frame, fabric [more]; stamp, set, fit, mold, mould., mode, modality, schesis; form (shape) [more]., tone, tenor, turn; trim, guise, fashion, light, complexion, style, character.
-verbs
be in a state, possess a state, enjoy a state, labor under a state; be on a footing, do, fare; come to pass.
-adjectives
conditional, modal, formal; structural, organic.
-adverbs
conditionally; as the matter stands, as things are; such being the case [more].
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| Antonyms: | circumstance |
| 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: | allege |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assert; claim |
| Synonyms: | adduce, advance, affirm, aver, avow, charge, cite, declare, depose, lay, maintain, offer, plead, present, profess, recite, recount, state, testify, asservate, avouch, put forward |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, sanction, show, state, swear, testify, validate, verify, vouch, witness, rubber-stamp |
| Antonyms: | contradict, counteract, deny, disavow, discredit, invalidate, reject, repudiate |
| Main Entry: | circumstances |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of affairs in one's life |
| Synonyms: | assets, capital, class, command, degree, footing, income, lifestyle, lot, means, net worth, outlook, position, precedence, prestige, property, prosperity, rank, rating, resources, situation, sphere, standing, state, station, status, substance, chances, dowry, financial status, prospects, times, way of life, worldly goods |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | constituency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | voting public |
| Synonyms: | body politic, city, county, district, electorate, faction, nation, people, precinct, state, system, ward, balloters, body of voters, citizenry, electors, voters, voting area |
| Main Entry: | depict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | describe, render in drawing or writing |
| Synonyms: | characterize, delineate, design, detail, illustrate, image, interpret, limn, narrate, outline, paint, picture, portray, relate, report, represent, reproduce, sketch, state, sculpt |
| Antonyms: | confuse, distort, mix up |
| Main Entry: | describe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain in speech, writing |
| Synonyms: | call, characterize, chronicle, communicate, construe, define, delineate, depict, detail, distinguish, draw, elucidate, epitomize, exemplify, explicate, expound, express, illuminate, illustrate, image, impart, interpret, label, limn, name, narrate, outline, paint, picture, portray, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, represent, sketch, specify, state, tell, term, trace, transmit, convey image, make apparent, make clear, make sense of, make vivid, mark out, particularize, write up |
| Antonyms: | confuse, misrepresent, mix up |
| Main Entry: | dignity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excellence, nobility |
| Synonyms: | address, cachet, character, consequence, culture, decency, decorum, distinction, elevation, eminence, ethics, etiquette, glory, grace, grandeur, gravity, greatness, hauteur, honor, importance, majesty, merit, morality, perfection, poise, prestige, propriety, quality, rank, regard, renown, respectability, self-respect, significance, solemnity, splendor, standing, state, station, stature, status, virtue, worth, courtliness, loftiness, nobleness, seemliness, stateliness, sublimity, worthiness |
| Antonyms: | lowliness |
| Main Entry: | dominion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of rule; authority |
| Synonyms: | ascendancy, authorization, bailiwick, command, commission, control, country, district, domain, dominance, domination, empire, field, government, jurisdiction, management, power, prerogative, privilege, property, province, realm, regency, regiment, regimentation, region, reign, rule, seniority, sovereignty, sphere, state, supremacy, sway, terrain, territory, turf, walk, demesne, enclave, preeminence, prepotence, prepotency, stomping grounds |
| Antonyms: | outside |
| 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: | exclaim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shout out |
| Synonyms: | assert, bellow, blurt, call, cry, declare, ejaculate, emit, figure, holler, proclaim, roar, shout, state, utter, vociferate, yawp*, yell, burst out, call aloud, call out, cry out, rend the air, say loudly |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk about in great detail |
| Synonyms: | clarify, comment, construe, delineate, describe, discourse, elucidate, exemplify, explain, explicate, express, illustrate, interpret, present, spell out, state, unfold, enucleate, set forth |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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