Synonyms for proclaim
proʊˈkleɪm, prə-pro·claim

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1. proclaim

   To announce is to give intelligence of in some formal or public way. We may announce that which has occurred or that which is to occur, tho the word is chiefly used in the anticipative sense; we announce a book when it is in press, a guest when he arrives. We advertise our business, communicate our intentions, enunciate our views; we notify an individual, give notice to the public. Declare has often an authoritative force; to declare war is to cause war to be, where before there may have been only hostilities; we say declare war, proclaim peace. We propound a question or an argument, promulgate the views of a sect or party, or the decision of a court, etc. We report an interview, reveal a secret, herald the coming of some distinguished person or great event. Publish, in popular usage, is becoming closely restricted to the sense of issuing through the press; we announce a book that is to be published.

   Synonyms:
   advertise, announce, circulate, communicate, declare, enunciate, give notice (of), give out, herald, make known, notify, promulgate, propound, publish, report, reveal, say, spread abroad, state, tell

   Antonyms:
   bury, conceal, cover (up), hide, hush, keep back, keep secret, secrete, suppress, withhold

   Preposition:
   The event was announced to the family by telegraph.

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1. proclaim

   Synonyms:
   announce, publish, promulgate, declare, enunciate, advertise, call out, report, utter

   Antonyms:
   repress, conceal, silentiate, obliviate, secrete

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. proclaimverb

   declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles

   "He was proclaimed King"

   Synonyms:
   promulgate, predicate, extol, exclaim, laud, glorify, exalt

2. proclaim, exclaim, promulgateverb

   state or announce

   "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty"

   Synonyms:
   predicate, exclaim, cry, laud, outcry, extol, call out, shout, promulgate, glorify, exalt, cry out

3. predicate, proclaimverb

   affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of

   "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"

   Synonyms:
   predicate, exclaim, laud, connote, extol, promulgate, glorify, exalt

4. laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaimverb

   praise, glorify, or honor

   "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"

   Synonyms:
   enliven, laud, invigorate, thrill, transfigure, predicate, exalt, tickle pink, animate, exclaim, promulgate, inspire, exhilarate, inebriate, glorify, spiritualize, extol, beatify

Matched Categories

1. • Assert
   • Declare
   • Entitle
   • Praise

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1. exclaimed

   'i am not a communist ', he exclaimed

   Submitted by rinat on August 11, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. proclaimverb

   Synonyms:
   announce, publish, declare, promulgate, advertise, trumpet, broach, cry, make known, blaze abroad, spread abroad, noise abroad, give notice of, make proclamation of

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1. proclaimverb

   Synonyms:
   announce

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1. List of paraphrases for "proclaim":

   declare, proclamation, announce

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How to use proclaim in a sentence?

1. Robertson Davies:

   The people of the United States, perhaps more than any other nation in history, love to abase themselves and proclaim their unworthiness, and seem to find refreshment in doing so... That is a dark frivolity, but still frivolity.

2. Attorney General Loretta Lynch:

   What we’re not going to do is further proclaim this man’s pledges of allegiance to terrorist groups, and further his propaganda, we are not going to hear him make his assertions of allegiance [to the Islamic State].

3. Gandolfo - (RJ Intindola):

   Not all who betray feel guilt and remorse. They often proclaim the betrayed deserved the punishment for past actions. A rationalization intended to ensnare the ignorant and offer warrant. Remember. The betrayer was either attempting to gain something for themselves, or to inflict pain upon you; or both.

4. RAMANA PEMMARAJU:

   When psychologically unfit form the majority in any sect, and yet proclaim to be the only fittest, will not only be a threat to the existence of the sane minority, but are surely catastrophic for the human race as a whole!”

5. Walter Dale Langtry:

   The primary task of the Church is not to mend the manners of the community, but to proclaim the matchless Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. When men hear that Gospel and believe it, their lives will give evidence of their faith.