Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | insist, declare, maintain |
| Synonyms: | advance, affirm, allege, argue, asservate, attest, aver, avouch, avow, butt in, cite, claim, contend, defend, horn in, justify, mouth off, pop off, predicate, press, proclaim, profess, pronounce, protest, put forward, say, shoot off one's mouth, shoot one's wad, stand up for, state, stress, swear, uphold, vindicate, warrant |
| Antonyms: | deny, reject |
| Main Entry: | hypothetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | supposed |
| Synonyms: | alleged, apparent, asserted, conjectural, hypothetical, inferential, likely, presumed, presumptive, presupposed, purported, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious, suppositive |
| Main Entry: | suppositional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | supposed |
| Synonyms: | alleged, apparent, asserted, conjectural, hypothetic, hypothetical, inferential, likely, presumed, presumptive, presupposed, purported, suppositious, supposititious, suppositive |
| Main Entry: | suppositious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | supposed |
| Synonyms: | alleged, apparent, asserted, conjectural, hypothetic, hypothetical, inferential, likely, presumed, presumptive, presupposed, purported, suppositional, supposititious, suppositive |
| Notes: | suppositious means 'supposed, assumed, hypothetical'; supposititious means 'spurious, phony, bogus' |
| Main Entry: | supposititious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | supposed |
| Synonyms: | alleged, apparent, asserted, conjectural, hypothetic, hypothetical, inferential, likely, presumed, presumptive, presupposed, purported, suppositional, suppositious, suppositive |
| Notes: | suppositious means 'supposed, assumed, hypothetical'; supposititious means 'spurious, phony, bogus' |
| Main Entry: | suppositive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | supposed |
| Synonyms: | alleged, apparent, asserted, conjectural, hypothetic, hypothetical, inferential, likely, presumed, presumptive, presupposed, purported, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious |
| Main Entry: | affirm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare the truth of something |
| Synonyms: | assert, asseverate, attest, aver, avouch, avow, certify, cinch, clinch, confirm, cross heart, declare, guarantee, have a lock on, ice*, insist, lock up, maintain, nail down, okay, predicate, profess, pronounce, put on ice, ratify, repeat, rubber-stamp, say so, set, state, swear, swear on bible, swear up and down, testify, vouch, witness |
| Antonyms: | deny, negate, nullify, veto |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | argue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try to convince; present support |
| Synonyms: | appeal, assert, attest, claim, contend, controvert, defend, demonstrate, denote, display, elucidate, establish, evince, exhibit, explain, hold, imply, indicate, justify, maintain, manifest, persuade, plead, present, prevail upon, reason, show, suggest, talk into, testify, vindicate, warrant, witness |
| Antonyms: | agree, comply |
| Main Entry: | attest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | affirm, vouch for |
| Synonyms: | adjure, announce, argue, assert, asservate, authenticate, aver, bear out, bear witness, certify, confirm, corroborate, countersign, declare, demonstrate, display, exhibit, give evidence, indicate, prove, ratify, seal, show, substantiate, support, sustain, swear, testify, uphold, verify, warrant, witness |
| Antonyms: | deny |
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