Synonyms for declare
dɪˈklɛərde·clare

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. declare

   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, assert, asseverate, assign, aver, cite, claim, introduce, maintain, offer, plead, produce, say, state

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. declareverb

   state emphatically and authoritatively

   "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"

   Synonyms:
   announce, hold, adjudge

2. announce, declareverb

   announce publicly or officially

   "The President declared war"

   Synonyms:
   adjudge, hold, herald, denote, foretell, announce, harbinger, annunciate

3. declareverb

   state firmly

   "He declared that he was innocent"

   Synonyms:
   announce, hold, adjudge

4. declare, adjudge, holdverb

   declare to be

   "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"

   Synonyms:
   accommodate, book, retain, take, moderate, view as, support, apply, harbour, defend, take hold, bind, deem, hold up, arrest, hold back, have, concord, check, make, admit, go for, take for, throw, defy, control, harbor, keep, obligate, carry, give, adjudge, entertain, nurse, oblige, curb, hold, confine, have got, announce, restrain, withstand, agree, hold in, halt, contain, concur, maintain, guard, keep back, sustain, prevail, reserve, obtain, bear

5. declareverb

   authorize payments of

   "declare dividends"

   Synonyms:
   announce, hold, adjudge

6. declareverb

   designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand

   Synonyms:
   announce, hold, adjudge

7. declareverb

   make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official

   "Do you have anything to declare?"

   Synonyms:
   announce, hold, adjudge

8. declareverb

   proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against

   "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast"

   Synonyms:
   announce, hold, adjudge

Matched Categories

1. • Affirm
   • Authorize
   • Bridge
   • Play
   • Proclaim
   • State

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. declareverb

   Synonyms:
   affirm, assert, aver, asseverate, state, proclaim, publish, promulgate, communicate, announce, utter, make known

2. declareverb

   Synonyms:
   make a declaration

3. declareverb

   Synonyms:
   announce a determination

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. declareverb

   Synonyms:
   affirm, assert, aver, state, asseverate, predicate

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "declare":

   declares, proclaim, announce, testify, explain, announces, say, announced, report, declared, state

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How to use declare in a sentence?

1. Mike Turner:

   You have no more power to declare him exonerated than you have the power to declare him Anderson Cooper, the statement about exoneration is misleading and meaningless and colors this investigation. One word out of the entire portion of your report and its a meaningless word that has no legal meaning and it has colored your entire report.

2. Albert Einstein:

   If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world.

3. Alec Baldwin:

   When someone whose job it is to ensure the safety of the weapon hands someone else whose job was to be the secondary layer of protection for safety, and they hand it over to and you declare that that weapon is safe — that’s how I’ve lived my whole life, i’ve relied on the safety experts there to declare the gun is safe and hand me the gun. Never had a problem.

4. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan:

   Declare a ceasefire, they say. We will never declare a ceasefire, we do not sit at the table with terrorist organizations.

5. Peter Mutharika:

   While some declare war on peace. We declare peace in war.