Synonyms for ASSERT
əˈsɜrtas·sert

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1. assertverb

   Synonyms:
   aver, asseverate, affirm

2. assertverb

   To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.

   he would often assert his beliefs to us

   Synonyms:
   asseverate, affirm, aver

3. assertverb

   To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.

   Synonyms:
   aver, affirm, asseverate

4. assertverb

   To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties.

   The quasi-judicial pre-grant process of asserting patent rights and appeals procedures during patent examination; 'to assert' patent rights means to defend or maintain patent rights.

   Synonyms:
   affirm, aver, asseverate

5. assertverb

   to make true; to make equal to 1.

   Synonyms:
   asseverate, aver, affirm

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1. assert

   To allege is formally to state as true or capable of proof, but without proving. To adduce, literally to lead to, is to bring the evidence up to what has been alleged. Adduce is a secondary word; nothing can be adduced in evidence till something has been stated or alleged, which the evidence is to sustain. An alleged fact stands open to question or doubt. To speak of an alleged document, an alleged will, an alleged crime, is either to question, or at least very carefully to refrain from admitting, that the document exists, that the will is genuine, or that the crime has been committed. Alleged is, however, respectful; to speak of the "so-called" will or deed, etc., would be to cast discredit upon the document, and imply that the speaker was ready to brand it as unquestionably spurious; alleged simply concedes nothing and leaves the question open. To produce is to bring forward, as, for instance, papers or persons. Adduce is not used of persons; of them we say introduce or produce. When an alleged criminal is brought to trial, the counsel on either side are accustomed to advance a theory, and adduce the strongest possible evidence in its support; they will produce documents and witnesses, cite precedents, assign reasons, introduce suggestions, offer pleas. The accused will usually assert his innocence. Compare STATE.

   Synonyms:
   adduce, advance, affirm, allege, asseverate, assign, aver, cite, claim, declare, introduce, maintain, offer, plead, produce, say, state

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1. assert

   Synonyms:
   asseverate, declare, pronounce, depose, maintain, statement, avow, avouch, affirm, allege, protest, claim

   Antonyms:
   deny, contradict, contravene, waive, abandon

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1. assert, asseverate, maintainverb

   state categorically

   Synonyms:
   asseverate, affirm, keep, conserve, observe, wield, hold, sustain, aver, keep up, avow, defend, put forward, swan, swear, maintain, insist, exert, uphold, preserve, assert, verify

2. affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swearverb

   to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

   "Before God I swear I am innocent"

   Synonyms:
   vagabond, depose, put forward, ramble, support, range, trust, bank, stray, rove, roll, rely, say, cast, imprecate, avouch, insist, wander, control, corroborate, assert, confirm, affirm, swan, curse, blaspheme, tramp, avow, allege, verify, asseverate, aver, maintain, drift, sustain, substantiate, depone, roam, swear, cuss

3. assert, put forwardverb

   insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized

   "Women should assert themselves more!"

   Synonyms:
   put up, aver, invoke, call down, affirm, insist, nominate, bring up, state, arouse, stir, submit, posit, avow, put forward, swan, conjure, asseverate, evoke, swear, maintain, call forth, raise, assert, verify, conjure up

4. insist, assertverb

   assert to be true

   "The letter asserts a free society"

   Synonyms:
   swear, importune, asseverate, maintain, insist, verify, assert, take a firm stand, put forward, swan, affirm, avow, aver

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1. assertverb

   Synonyms:
   affirm, declare, pronounce, express, aver, allege, asseverate, protest, avow, predicate, lay down

2. assertverb

   Synonyms:
   vindicate, defend, claim, maintain, uphold

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1. assertverb

   Synonyms:
   affirm, state, say, aver, predicate, asseverate, maintain, declare

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1. List of paraphrases for "assert":

   affirm, claim, argue, enforce, say, vindicate, reaffirm, confirm

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1. Gwen Carr:

   So, we're calling on the de Blasio administration, fire those cops, you have the power. Assert your power.

2. Edward Snowden on Thursday:

   We have to have a discussion, we have to come forward with proposals to go 'how do we assert what our rights are, traditionally and digitally and to ensure that we can not just enjoy them, but we can protect them.

3. John Eastman:

   My legal team put together a letter responding to the subpoena request, explaining all the reasons why I was going to assert my privileges under the Fifth Amendment, not to come testify and not to produce all these documents.

4. Don McGahn:

   > Washington( CNN) President Donald Trump denied again Friday President Donald Trump had instructed President Donald Trump former White House counsel to fire Robert Mueller, contradicting the redacted report Robert Mueller released last week and furthering a battle with Democrats over whether Don McGahn, Don McGahn, should testify before Congress.It comes as Trump scales up Don McGahn attacks on Robert Mueller and the report Don McGahn produced -- broadsides and claims that some view as damaging to an overall legal strategy of asserting executive privilege to prevent key aides from appearing before Congress.Some West Wing officials have conceded that the President's tweets disputing McGahn's account are not helpful to their case, and fear it could make it more difficult to assert privilege over a conversation that Trump denies occurred. Mueller's report portrays The President as consumed by the Russia probe and intent on short-circuiting it. Those portrayals have led Democrats on Capitol Hill to issue their own requests for some of the report's key players, including Don McGahn. But White House has dug in, refusing to cooperate with the requests and disallowing some aides from appearing before congressional panels.Trump at war with Democrats : Were fighting all the subpoenasIn the case of Don McGahn, lawmakers are keen to know what specifically Trump asked in his conversations about the special counsel. In his report, Robert Mueller wrote Trump read MoreBut Trump has long disputed that, including to Don McGahn Don McGahn in an episode recounted in detail in the Mueller report. Speaking to reporters on the South Lawn, Trump insisted he would have been within his rights to dismiss Robert Mueller, but that history told him to hold off.

5. Ben Carson:

   What I've been seeing recently is political operatives... once again trying to assert themselves and trying to thwart the will of the people, i find that to be an extraordinarily dangerous place right now. News of the endorsement broke Thursday, and the real estate mogul confirmed Carson's support during a GOP debate hosted by CNN.