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, 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, 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, verify, conjure up

4. insist, assertverb

   assert to be true

   "The letter asserts a free society"

   Synonyms:
   swear, importune, asseverate, maintain, insist, verify, 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. Elijah Cummings:

   This is the identical approach taken by Chairman (Darrell) Issa when he served as chairman of the Oversight Committee -- forcing witnesses to appear in person to assert their Fifth Amendment rights just for a photo op, mr. Pagliano's testimony has nothing to do with the Benghazi attacks and everything to do with Republicans' insatiable desire to derail Secretary Clinton's presidential bid.

2. Albert Camus:

   To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

3. Franklin D. Roosevelt:

   First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

4. Hermann Hesse:

   There is no reality except the one contained within us. That is why so many people live such an unreal life. They take the images outside them for reality and never allow the world within to assert itself.

5. Dr. David M. Burns:

   Assert your right to make a few mistakes. If people can't accept your imperfections, that's their fault.