Synonyms of declaring

declaring

verb

present participle of declare

1

as in announcing

to make known openly or publicly

she chose to declare her presidential aspirations at her college alma mater

Synonyms & Similar Words

• announcing
• proclaiming
• publishing
• posting
• advertising
• disclosing
• promulgating
• broadcasting
• publicizing
• trumpeting
• heralding
• promoting
• releasing
• blaring
• running with
• blazing
• enunciating
• revealing
• flashing
• sounding
• annunciating
• giving out
• reporting
• beating the drum (for or about)
• placarding
• introducing
• blazoning
• spreading
• showing
• disseminating
• crying
• barking
• calling (off or out)
• informing
• ringing
• notifying
• imparting
• featuring
• divulging
• manifesting
• tolling
• gazetting
• puffing
• intimating
• bulletining
• communicating
• billing
• billboarding
• plugging
• knelling
• apprising
• advising
• blurbing
• kithing
• handing down
• pitching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• concealing
• suppressing
• withholding
• silencing
• recalling
• revoking
• retracting
• hushing (up)
• recanting

2

as in insisting

to state as a fact usually forcefully

she would declare her innocence to the whole world if she could

Synonyms & Similar Words

• insisting
• claiming
• alleging
• asserting
• announcing
• maintaining
• proclaiming
• contending
• protesting
• affirming
• arguing
• professing
• averring
• purporting
• avowing
• confirming
• warranting
• defending
• reasoning
• putting forth
• avouching
• justifying
• broadcasting
• rationalizing
• vindicating
• reaffirming
• upholding
• reasserting
• persevering
• supporting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denying
• abandoning
• rejecting
• repudiating
• disclaiming
• disavowing
• negating
• questioning
• challenging
• disputing
• refuting
• disowning
• gainsaying
• disproving
• rebutting
• contradicting
• countering
• negativing
• confuting

3

as in asserting

to state clearly and strongly

our guest enthusiastically declared that the pie was the best he had ever eaten

Synonyms & Similar Words

• asserting
• proclaiming
• announcing
• professing
• saying
• affirming
• guaranteeing
• explaining
• averring
• justifying
• avowing
• defending
• promoting
• laying down
• pronouncing
• emphasizing
• upholding
• assuring
• stressing
• advertising
• avouching
• publicizing
• advocating
• convincing
• advancing
• underscoring
• calling
• underlining
• plugging
• boosting
• blazing
• persuading
• championing
• accenting
• reaffirming
• supporting
• accentuating
• espousing
• reasserting
• rationalizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• minimizing
• ignoring
• disregarding
• neglecting
• overlooking
• understating

4

as in displaying

to make known (something abstract) through outward signs

though she was silent, her expression declared her unwillingness to go along with the others

Synonyms & Similar Words

• displaying
• revealing
• showing
• demonstrating
• betraying
• exposing
• manifesting
• communicating
• evincing
• announcing
• proclaiming
• disclosing
• giving away
• sounding
• baring
• uncovering
• bespeaking
• publicizing
• airing
• broadcasting
• advertising
• projecting
• blazing
• trumpeting
• unbosoming
• uncloaking
• placarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misrepresenting
• falsifying
• distorting
• twisting
• belying
• disguising
• camouflaging
• hiding
• covering
• concealing
• garbling
• masking
• whitewashing
• obscuring
• varnishing
• glossing (over)
• counterfeiting
• occluding
• veiling
• gilding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of declaring

The person did not elaborate on the reasons for declaring the two men ineligible. — Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Under current law, the President has the flexibility to order a limited drawdown, releasing up to 30 million barrels over a 60-day period, to mitigate sudden supply shocks without declaring a full-scale national emergency. — Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

But who needs to worry about whether your own front door is locked when the preferred strategy is to go around kicking in everyone else’s doors, wrestling with them on their own front lawns, then declaring victory over them 152 times (and counting)? — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 22 Aug. 2026

Moore Russell celebrated with supporters Tuesday evening on the shores of Lake Orlando, declaring that the result showed people at the ballot box can overcome money. — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026

Iran, declaring the strait under its control, has attacked dozens of ships that tried to to travel the waterway via the north coast of Oman. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026

But these security initiatives were most sharply contrasted by El Salvador’s President, Nayib Bukele, who has employed extreme measures, such as building a mega-prison and declaring a state of emergency, in service of his war on gangs. — Daniel Castro, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026

The bounty of fruit will be cooked onstage and turned into 3,600 sampler-sized plates that the public can taste and vote on before declaring a People’s Choice winner. — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026

And because avoiding a loss feels psychologically twice as valuable as achieving a gain, setting and declaring bold goals triggers this force, unlocking radical motivation and decisive action. — Adrian Gore, Time, 17 Aug. 2026