AVER Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

aver

verb

ə-ˈvər

Definition of aver next

as in to insist

to state as a fact usually forcefully was tearfully averring his innocence

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as in to declare

to state clearly and strongly averred that she didn't need any help choosing her own clothes

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Recent Examples of aver Or averred that Biden was sharp as a tack and that anyone who suggested otherwise was a jerk. —

Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024 The railroad avers that when events not under its control are excluded, its performance statistics significantly improve, and that NJT’s newer trains, purchased since 2018, are dramatically more reliable than the older cars in the fleet. —

Nolan Hicks, Curbed, 28 Oct. 2024 Curator Claire Gilman avers in the show’s catalog that this painting’s circular format may intentionally recall the porthole of a seafaring vessel. —

Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 16 Aug. 2024 In Berlin, however, the Soviet ambassador to Germany, after months of equivocation, finally averred that Germany’s actions signaled an imminent invasion. —

Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2017 See All Example Sentences for aver

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Martha sat on the other bed and thought about what a perverse species humans were—to insist on eating something that had tried so hard to be inedible.

— Cassandra Neyenesch, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
House and Senate Democrats, meanwhile, insisted that the easiest and quickest way to end the shutdown would be for the House to pass the Senate compromise.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026