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verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of declare

1 to make known openly or publicly
  • She chose to declare her presidential aspirations at her college alma mater.
Synonyms of declare

advertise, announce, annunciate, blare, blaze, blazon, broadcast, enunciate, flash, give out, herald, placard, post, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, release, sound, trumpet
Words Related to declare

bark, call (off or out), cry

bill, billboard, bulletin

knell, ring, toll

blurb, feature, pitch, plug, promote, puff

disseminate, spread

disclose, divulge, introduce, manifest, report, reveal, show

advise, apprise, hand down, inform, notify

communicate, impart, intimate
Phrases Synonymous with declare

beat the drum (for or about), run with
Near Antonyms of declare

conceal, hush (up), silence, suppress, withhold

recall, recant, retract, revoke
2 to state as a fact usually forcefully
  • She would declare her innocence to the whole world if she could.
Synonyms of declare

affirm, allege, assert, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, insist, maintain, profess, protest, purport, warrant
Words Related to declare

announce, broadcast, proclaim

argue, rationalize, reason

confirm, justify, vindicate

defend, persevere, support, uphold

reaffirm, reassert
Phrases Synonymous with declare

put forth
Near Antonyms of declare

abandon

disavow, disclaim, disown, negate, negative, reject, repudiate

challenge, dispute, question

confute, disprove, rebut, refute

contradict, counter
Antonyms of declare

deny, gainsay
3 to state clearly and strongly
  • Our guest enthusiastically declared that the pie was the best he had ever eaten.
Synonyms of declare

affirm, assert, aver, avouch, avow, guarantee, lay down, profess
Words Related to declare

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
Near Antonyms of declare

minimize, understate

disregard, ignore, neglect, overlook
4 to make known (something abstract) through outward signs
  • Though she was silent, her expression declared her unwillingness to go along with the others.
Synonyms of declare

bespeak, betray, communicate, demonstrate, display, evince, expose, give away, manifest, reveal, show
Words Related to declare

bare, disclose, uncloak, uncover

advertise, air, announce, blaze, broadcast, placard, proclaim, publicize, sound, trumpet

project
Near Antonyms of declare

belie, misrepresent

distort, falsify, garble, twist

camouflage, disguise

gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash

conceal, counterfeit, cover, hide, mask, obscure, occlude, veil

Synonym Discussion of declare

declare, announce, proclaim, promulgate mean to make known publicly. declare implies explicitness and usually formality in making known.
    • the referee declared the contest a draw
announce implies the declaration of something for the first time.
    • announced their engagement at a party
proclaim implies declaring clearly, forcefully, and authoritatively.
    • the president proclaimed a national day of mourning
promulgate implies the proclaiming of a dogma, doctrine, or law.
    • promulgated an edict of religious toleration

synonyms see in addition assert

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