Synonyms and Antonyms of declare
1
to make known openly or publicly
- she chose to declare her presidential aspirations at her college alma mater
advertise, announce, annunciate, blare, blaze, blazon, broadcast, enunciate, flash, give out, herald, placard, post, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, release, sound, trumpet
bark, call (off or out), cry
bill, billboard, bulletin, gazette [chiefly British]
knell, ring, toll
blurb, feature, pitch, plug, promote, puff
disseminate, spread
disclose, divulge, introduce, kithe [chiefly Scottish], manifest, report, reveal, show
advise, apprise, hand down, inform, notify
communicate, impart, intimate
2
to state as a fact usually forcefully
- she would declare her innocence to the whole world if she could
affirm, allege, assert, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, insist, maintain, profess, protest, purport, warrant
announce, broadcast, proclaim
argue, rationalize, reason
confirm, justify, vindicate
defend, persevere, support, uphold
reaffirm, reassert
abandon
disavow, disclaim, disown, negate, negative, reject, repudiate
challenge, dispute, question
confute, disprove, rebut, refute
contradict, counter
3
to state clearly and strongly
- our guest enthusiastically declared that the pie was the best he had ever eaten
advance, advertise, boost, plug, promote, publicize
announce, blaze, call, proclaim, pronounce, say
accent, accentuate, emphasize, stress, underline, underscore
advocate, champion, defend, espouse, support, uphold
assure, convince, persuade
explain, justify, rationalize
reaffirm, reassert
4
to make known (something abstract) through outward signs
- though she was silent, her expression declared her unwillingness to go along with the others
bespeak, betray, communicate, demonstrate, display, evince, expose, give away, manifest, reveal, show
bare, disclose, unbosom, uncloak, uncover
advertise, air, announce, blaze, broadcast, placard, proclaim, publicize, sound, trumpet
project
belie, misrepresent
distort, falsify, garble, twist
camouflage, disguise
gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash
conceal, counterfeit, cover, hide, mask, obscure, occlude, veil
