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proclaim

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of proclaim

to make known openly or publicly

  • loudly proclaimed her innocence, to widespread disbelief
Synonyms of proclaim

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

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
Phrases Synonymous with proclaim

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

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

recall, recant, retract, revoke

Synonym Discussion of proclaim

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

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