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statement - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | statement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | declaration, assertion |
| Synonyms: | account, acknowledgment, affidavit, affirmation, allegation, announcement, articulation, aside, assurance, avowal, charge, comment, communication, description, dictum, ejaculation, explanation, make*, manifesto, mention, narrative, observation, picture, presentation, proclamation, profession, recital, recitation, relation, remark, report, rundown, testimony, utterance, ventilation, voice, word, ABCs, asseveration, averment, blow-by-blow, communiqué, presentment, protestation, verbalization, vocalization |
| Antonyms: | question, request |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | statement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account of finances |
| Synonyms: | affidavit, audit, bill, budget, charge, invoice, reckoning, record, report, score, tab |
| Main Entry: | affirmation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | declaration of the truth of something |
| Synonyms: | affidavit, assertion, avowal, confirmation, declaration, green light*, oath, okay, pronouncement, ratification, statement, sworn statement, testimonial, testimony, asseveration, attestation, averment, avouchment, certification, stamp of approval |
| Antonyms: | denial, negation, veto, nullification |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | alibi |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defense against charges of wrongdoing; evidence of absence |
| Synonyms: | account, affirmation, allegation, answer, assertion, assurance, avowal, case, cover, declaration, excuse, explanation, fish story*, justification, plea, pretext, profession, proof, reason, reply, retort, song and dance*, stall, statement, vindication, airtight case, cop-out |
| Notes: | an alias is an assumed name, an alibi is a form of defense whereby a defendant attempts to prove that he or she was elsewhere when the crime in question was committed, while an excuse is an explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allegation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assertion placing blame |
| Synonyms: | accusation, affirmation, avowal, charge, claim, declaration, deposition, plea, profession, statement, asservation, overment |
| Main Entry: | allusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indirect reference; hint |
| Synonyms: | charge, citation, connotation, denotation, figure of speech, implication, imputation, indication, inference, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, mention, play on words, quotation, remark, statement, suggestion, casual remark, incidental mention |
| Antonyms: | reality |
| Main Entry: | announcement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proclamation, declaration |
| Synonyms: | advertisement, advice, briefing, broadcast, broadcasting, bulletin, communication, disclosure, dissemination, edict, exposition, expression, intimation, message, narration, news, notice, notification, prediction, publication, recitation, release, report, reporting, revelation, statement, communiqué, divulgence, exposing, promulgation, publishing |
| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reply; reaction |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, back talk, close, comeback, comment, cooler*, crack, defense, disclosure, echo, elucidation, explanation, feedback, guff*, interpretation, justification, key, lip*, observation, pay dirt*, plea, quick fix*, rebuttal, refutation, rejoinder, remark, repartee, report, resolution, response, result, retort, return, riposte, sign, solution, statement, vindication, wisecrack, antiphon, backcap, band-aid, counterclaim, parting shot, rhetorical question, thank-you note, the ticket, topper |
| Antonyms: | question |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | budget |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial plan |
| Synonyms: | account, aggregate, allocation, allowance, bulk, cost, finances, funds, means, quantity, quantum, resources, statement, total, estimated expenses, fiscal estimate, planned disbursement, spending plan |
| Main Entry: | bulletin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | message, notification |
| Synonyms: | account, announcement, break, calendar, communication, communiqué, dispatch, flash*, handout, hot wire, item, list, news, news flash*, notice, program, publication, release, report, scoop*, skinny*, statement, the dope, what's going down, what's happening |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | confession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | admittance of information |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, admission, affirmation, allowance, assertion, avowal, concession, declaration, disclosure, enumeration, exposé, exposure, narration, proclamation, profession, publication, recitation, relation, revelation, song*, squawk*, squeal*, statement, story, telling, utterance, assenting, disclosing, divulgence, making public, owning up, revealing, unbosoming |
| Antonyms: | concealment, cover, denial, secret, disavowal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | doctrine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opinion; principle |
| Synonyms: | article, article of faith, attitude, axiom, basic, belief, canon, concept, convention, conviction, creed, declaration, dogma, fundamental, gospel, indoctrination, instruction, position, precept, pronouncement, propaganda, proposition, regulation, rule, statement, teaching, tenet, tradition, credenda, implantation, inculcation, universal law, unwritten rule |
| Antonyms: | disbelief, skepticism, heterodoxy, unbelief |
| Main Entry: | explanation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clarification; reason |
| Synonyms: | account, annotation, answer, breakdown, brief, cause, comment, commentary, confession, definition, demonstration, description, details, display, elucidation, evidence, example, excuse, exposition, expression, gloss, history, illustration, information, interpretation, justification, meaning, mitigation, motive, narration, note, recital, rendition, report, resolution, sense, showing, significance, specification, statement, story, summary, tale, talking, telling, vindication, writing, explication |
| Antonyms: | complication |
| Main Entry: | indictment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accusation |
| Synonyms: | allegation, arraignment, bill, blame, censure, charge, citation, detention, prosecution, statement, summons, warrant, writ, findings, impeachment, incrimination, presentment |
| Antonyms: | absolution, acquittal, exoneration |
| Main Entry: | interview |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | questioning and evaluation |
| Synonyms: | account, audience, call, call back, cattle call, communication, conference, consultation, conversation, dialogue, examination, hearing, meeting, oral, parley, press conference, record, statement, talk |
| Main Entry: | invoice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | itemized bill |
| Synonyms: | IOU, account, bill of sale, check, note, statement |
| Main Entry: | journal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chronicle |
| Synonyms: | account, almanac, annals, annual, calendar, comic book, daily, daybook, diary, gazette, ledger, log, magazine, memento, memoir, minutes, newspaper, note, observation, organ, paper, periodical, publication, rag, record, register, reminder, reminiscence, review, scandal sheet*, statement, tabloid, chronology, monthly, weekly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | narrative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | story, tale |
| Synonyms: | account, anecdote, book, chronicle, description, detail, fiction, history, line, narration, plot, recount, report, statement, version, yarn*, chronology, long and short of it, potboiler |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | news |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | information, revelation |
| Synonyms: | account, advice, announcement, broadcast, bulletin, cable, cognizance, communication, copy, data, description, disclosure, discovery, dispatch, enlightenment, exposé, hearsay, intelligence, knowledge, leak, message, narration, news flash, recital, recognition, release, report, rumor, scandal, scoop*, specification, statement, story, telecast, telegram, telling, tidings*, word*, communiqué, eye-opener, front-page news, headlines, itemization, lowdown, particularization, the goods |
| Antonyms: | history |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | notification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | announcement |
| Synonyms: | advertisement, advisory, alert, bulletin, communication, declaration, information, message, news, notice, proclamation, release, report, statement, warning, communique |
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