declare
Synonyms:
advertise, announce, annunciate, asseverate, aver, blare, blaze, blazon, broadcast, disclose, enunciate, flash, give out, herald, placard, post, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, release, sound, state, trumpet.
Related Words:
acknowledge, admit, advocate, affirm, argue, assert, claim, confirm, indicate, inform, insist, maintain, reaffirm, repeat, reveal, stress, tell.
Antonym:
deny.
Synonym Study 1 (Dictionary.com):
Declare, affirm, assert, and protest imply making something known emphatically, openly, or formally.
To declare is to make known, sometimes in the face of actual or potential contradiction:
to declare someone the winner of a contest.
To affirm is to make a statement based on one's reputation for knowledge or veracity, or so related to a generally recognized truth that denial is not likely:
to affirm the necessity of high standards.
To assert is to state boldly, usually without other proof than personal authority or conviction:
to assert that the climate is changing.
To protest is to affirm publicly, as if in the face of doubt:
to protest that a newspaper account is misleading.
Synonym Study 2 (Merriam-Webster):
Declare, announce, proclaim, and 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.
Synonym Study 3 (Merriam-Webster):
Assert, declare, affirm, protest, and avow mean to state positively usually in anticipation of denial or objection.
Assert implies stating confidently without need for proof or regard for evidence:
asserted that modern music is just noise.
Declare stresses open or public statement:
declared her support for the candidate.
Affirm implies conviction based on evidence, experience, or faith:
affirmed the existence of an afterlife.
Protest emphasizes affirming in the face of denial or doubt:
protested that he really had been misquoted.
Avow stresses frank declaration and acknowledgment of personal responsibility for what is declared:
avowed that all investors would be repaid in full.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English declaren<Latin dēclārāre to explain, equivalent to dē-de- + clārāre to make clear (clār(us) clear + -āre infinitive suffix). British dictionary: C14: from Latin dēclārāre to make clear, from clārus bright, clear. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of declare: 14th century. History and Etymology for declare: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French declarer, from Latin declarare, from de- + clarare to make visible, from clarus clear — more at clear. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 21 August 2020 {8:49 PM}
advertise, announce, annunciate, asseverate, aver, blare, blaze, blazon, broadcast, disclose, enunciate, flash, give out, herald, placard, post, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, release, sound, state, trumpet.
Related Words:
acknowledge, admit, advocate, affirm, argue, assert, claim, confirm, indicate, inform, insist, maintain, reaffirm, repeat, reveal, stress, tell.
Antonym:
deny.
Synonym Study 1 (Dictionary.com):
Declare, affirm, assert, and protest imply making something known emphatically, openly, or formally.
To declare is to make known, sometimes in the face of actual or potential contradiction:
to declare someone the winner of a contest.
To affirm is to make a statement based on one's reputation for knowledge or veracity, or so related to a generally recognized truth that denial is not likely:
to affirm the necessity of high standards.
To assert is to state boldly, usually without other proof than personal authority or conviction:
to assert that the climate is changing.
To protest is to affirm publicly, as if in the face of doubt:
to protest that a newspaper account is misleading.
Synonym Study 2 (Merriam-Webster):
Declare, announce, proclaim, and 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.
Synonym Study 3 (Merriam-Webster):
Assert, declare, affirm, protest, and avow mean to state positively usually in anticipation of denial or objection.
Assert implies stating confidently without need for proof or regard for evidence:
asserted that modern music is just noise.
Declare stresses open or public statement:
declared her support for the candidate.
Affirm implies conviction based on evidence, experience, or faith:
affirmed the existence of an afterlife.
Protest emphasizes affirming in the face of denial or doubt:
protested that he really had been misquoted.
Avow stresses frank declaration and acknowledgment of personal responsibility for what is declared:
avowed that all investors would be repaid in full.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English declaren<Latin dēclārāre to explain, equivalent to dē-de- + clārāre to make clear (clār(us) clear + -āre infinitive suffix). British dictionary: C14: from Latin dēclārāre to make clear, from clārus bright, clear. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of declare: 14th century. History and Etymology for declare: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French declarer, from Latin declarare, from de- + clarare to make visible, from clarus clear — more at clear. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 21 August 2020 {8:49 PM}