AVERS Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

avers

verb

present tense third-person singular of aver

as in insists

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

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as in declares

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

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The group insists Yale must defend its lawful holistic admissions and educational leadership role.

— Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Rosa insists that her husband was unaware he would be sent to war.

— Max Saltman, CNN Money, 28 June 2026

Definition of insists

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Snowflake is getting there by separating the context a customer declares from the context the platform derives on its own.

— Michael Leone, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
If the school declares an emergency, students may be provided with prepared text messages to keep their parents or guardians informed.

— Chaewon Chung Updated July 6, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of declares

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The suit alleges The Bay Club does not fall under that exception because parents are not necessarily always on the premises.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 9 July 2026
The lawsuit alleges the replacement tickets many fans were given by StubHub were worse than their original tickets.

— Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of alleges

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Bradford asserts that clarifying and renegotiating these roles for shared ownership is paramount.

— Heidi Brooks, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Meanwhile, Kallmann asserts that his father, Hartmut, always maintained that the family art collection had been intact when the Nazi’s rose to power, and all the family’s belongings were stolen soon after.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of asserts

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The unsettled conference status for Ursuline is causing the school harm, the complaint contends.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 July 2026
On Thursday, federal court records show, attorneys for Marseille filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles, seeking damages for what the suit contends was undue use of force.

— Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026

Definition of contends

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But no longer, according to a new analysis, which proclaims that the long American sellers’ market has finally ended.

— Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 15 June 2026
Across 45 recipes — each its own kind of breadcrumb-naming treatise — the duo proclaims how versatile the kitchen staple both is and can be.

— Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 8 June 2026

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