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

Newsom added, in apparent reference to the 25th Amendment, a constitutional provision that establishes procedures for presidential succession and for replacing or declaring a President unable to perform their duties. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

The data underscore concerns leaders expressed in September 2025 when declaring the city in fiscal distress. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Shortly after the meeting, WBD released a statement declaring that the Paramount offer was superior. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

Later, when Charleson died, the newspaper ran the story on the front page, with Ian McKellen declaring that that’s what Charleson and his family had wanted — to stop the pussyfooting around HIV/AIDS. — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026

In a blow to the investment migration industry, the European Union's top court ruled Malta's golden passport program unlawful in April 2025, declaring that EU citizenship could not be sold. — Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

In a statement Wednesday, Lafayette County Metro Narcotics, a department in the sheriff's office, stopped short of declaring that investigators found kratom itself near either student. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Newsom spoke with European Union Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra on Tuesday during New York’s Climate Week, a day after declaring a state of emergency as California braces for one of the strongest storms on record. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026

For many reasons, declaring robots to be persons would be a very bad idea. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026