Synonyms and Antonyms of declaring
1
to make known openly or publicly
- she chose to declare her presidential aspirations at her college alma mater
advertising, announcing, annunciating, blaring, blazing, blazoning, broadcasting, enunciating, flashing, giving out, heralding, placarding, posting, proclaiming, promulgating, publicizing, publishing, releasing, sounding, trumpeting
barking, calling (off or out), crying
billboarding, billing, bulletining, gazetting [chiefly British]
knelling, ringing, tolling
blurbing, featuring, pitching, plugging, promoting, puffing
disseminating, spreading
disclosing, divulging, introducing, kithing (or kything) [chiefly Scottish], manifesting, reporting, revealing, showing
advising, apprising, handing down, informing, notifying
communicating, imparting, intimating
2
to state as a fact usually forcefully
- she would declare her innocence to the whole world if she could
affirming, alleging, asserting, averring, avouching, avowing, claiming, contending, insisting, maintaining, professing, protesting, purporting, warranting
announcing, broadcasting, proclaiming
arguing, rationalizing, reasoning
confirming, justifying, vindicating
defending, persevering, supporting, upholding
reaffirming, reasserting
abandoning
disavowing, disclaiming, disowning, negating, negativing, rejecting, repudiating
challenging, disputing, questioning
confuting, disproving, rebutting, refuting
contradicting, countering
3
to state clearly and strongly
- our guest enthusiastically declared that the pie was the best he had ever eaten
advancing, advertising, boosting, plugging, promoting, publicizing
announcing, blazing, calling, proclaiming, pronouncing, saying
accenting, accentuating, emphasizing, stressing, underlining, underscoring
advocating, championing, defending, espousing, supporting, upholding
assuring, convincing, persuading
explaining, justifying, rationalizing
reaffirming, reasserting
4
to make known (something abstract) through outward signs
- though she was silent, her expression declared her unwillingness to go along with the others
bespeaking, betraying, communicating, demonstrating, displaying, evincing, exposing, giving away, manifesting, revealing, showing
baring, disclosing, unbosoming, uncloaking, uncovering
advertising, airing, announcing, blazing, broadcasting, placarding, proclaiming, publicizing, sounding, trumpeting
projecting
belying, misrepresenting
distorting, falsifying, garbling, twisting
camouflaging, disguising
gilding, glossing (over), varnishing, whitewashing
concealing, counterfeiting, covering, hiding, masking, obscuring, occluding, veiling
