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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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