All assert synonyms

verb assert

• contend — If you have to contend with a problem or difficulty, you have to deal with it or overcome it.
• claim — If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
• stress — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
• profess — to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret.
• uphold — to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism: He fought the duel to uphold his family's honor.
• affirm — If you affirm that something is true or that something exists, you state firmly and publicly that it is true or exists.
• defend — If you defend someone or something, you take action in order to protect them.
• proclaim — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
• say — assay.
• press — to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
• argue — If one person argues with another, they speak angrily to each other about something that they disagree about. You can also say that two people argue.
• allege — If you allege that something bad is true, you say it but do not prove it.
• cite — If you cite something, you quote it or mention it, especially as an example or proof of what you are saying.
• attest — To attest something or attest to something means to say, show, or prove that it is true.
• predicate — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
• avow — If you avow something, you admit it or declare it.
• vindicate — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
• advance — To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
• avouch — to vouch for; guarantee
• pronounce — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
• state — the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
• protest — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
• swear — to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible.
• aver — If you aver that something is the case, you say very firmly that it is true.
• warrant — authorization, sanction, or justification.
• justify — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
• butt in — If you say that someone is butting in, you are criticizing the fact that they are joining in a conversation or activity without being asked to.
• horn in — one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
• mouth off — Anatomy, Zoology. the opening through which an animal or human takes in food. the cavity containing the structures used in mastication. the structures enclosing or being within this cavity, considered as a whole.
• pop off — to make a short, quick, explosive sound: The cork popped.
• put forward — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
• stand up for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
• shoot off one's mouth — to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
• shoot one's wad — a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of paper; a wad of tobacco.
• declare — If you declare that something is true, you say that it is true in a firm, deliberate way. You can also declare an attitude or intention.
• insist — to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc.: He insists on checking every shipment.
• maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
• support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
• champion — A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight.
• renounce — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.