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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | state categorically |
| Synonyms: | aver, avow |
| Main Entry: | express |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | articulate; signify, mean |
| Synonyms: | add up to, air, assert, asseverate, bespeak, broach, circulate, communicate, connote, convey, couch, declare, denote, depict, designate, disclose, divulge, embody, enunciate, evince, exhibit, formulate, frame*, give, hint, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, intimate, make known, manifest, phrase, pop off, proclaim, pronounce, put, put across, put into words, represent, reveal, say, show, speak, spell, stand for, state, suggest, symbolize, tell, testify, utter, vent, ventilate, verbalize, voice, word |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | order and expect; claim |
| Synonyms: | assert, asseverate, aver, be firm, contend, demand, hold, importune, lay down the law, maintain, persist, press, reiterate, repeat, request, require, stand firm, swear, take a stand, urge, vow |
| Antonyms: | endure, forget, tolerate |
| Main Entry: | maintain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assert, claim; argue for |
| Synonyms: | advocate, affirm, allege, asseverate, attest, aver, avow, back, champion, contend, correct, declare, defend, emphasize, fight for, hold, insist, justify, persist, plead for, profess, protest, rectify, report, right, say, stand by, state, stress, uphold, vindicate |
| Antonyms: | condemn, desert, discard, forget |
| Main Entry: | profess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare, assert |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, act as if, admit, affirm, allege, announce, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, blow hot air, certify, claim, come out, confess, confirm, constate, croon, cross heart, depose, dissemble, fake, feign, get off chest, get on soapbox, maintain, make out, open up, own, own up, predicate, pretend, proclaim, purport, say so, sing*, soapbox, spiel*, spout, state, stump, swear on bible, swear up and down, talk big, vouch |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | protest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complain, disapprove; argue against |
| Synonyms: | affirm, assert, asseverate, attest, avouch, avow, back-talk, be against, be displeased by, blast*, buck, combat, constate, contend, cry out, declare, demonstrate, demur, disagree, except, expostulate, fight, holler, howl, insist, inveigh against, kick*, maintain, make a stink, object, oppose, predicate, profess, put up a fight, rebel, remonstrate, resist, revolt, say no, sound off, squawk, take exception, testify, thumbs down |
| Antonyms: | accept, approve, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | state |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare, assert |
| Synonyms: | affirm, air, articulate, asseverate, aver, bring out, chime in, come out with, deliver, describe, elucidate, enounce, enumerate, enunciate, explain, expound, express, give, give blow-by-blow, give rundown, interpret, narrate, pitch, present, pronounce, propound, put, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, say, set forth, speak, specify, spiel*, tell, throw out, utter, vent, ventilate, voice |
| Antonyms: | ask, question |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | utter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | say, reveal |
| Synonyms: | affirm, air, announce, articulate, assert, asseverate, blurt, bring out, chime, chin, come out with, declaim, declare, deliver, disclose, divulge, ejaculate, enunciate, exclaim, express, give words to, go, jaw, lip, make known, modulate, mouth*, mutter, proclaim, promulgate, pronounce, publish, put into words, recite, shout, speak, spiel*, state, talk, throw out, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whisper |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vouch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give assurance |
| Synonyms: | act as a witness, affirm, answer for, assert, asseverate, assure, attest to, avert, avow, back, be responsible for, bear testimony, certify, confirm, contend, corroborate, cosign, declare, get behind, give an affidavit, guarantee, maintain, okay*, predicate, profess, prove, put forth, rubber-stamp, say so, sign for, sponsor, stand up for, substantiate, support, swear to, swear up and down, testify, uphold, verify, vow, warrant, witness |
| Antonyms: | deny, disavow, refute, reject, renounce |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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