Synonyms of the word affirm


AFFIRMASSERT - AVER - AVOW - CONFIRM - CORROBORATE - DECLARE - SUBSTANTIATE - SUPPORT - SUSTAIN - SWAN - SWEAR - VERIFY

affirm

  • v. To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
  • v. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
  • v. To support or encourage.
  • v. To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (law) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or…

assert

  • n. (computer science) an assertion; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is…
  • v. To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
  • v. To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
  • v. To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.
  • v. (computer science) To make true; to make equal to 1.

aver

  • n. (obsolete) Possessions, property, belongings, wealth.
  • v. To assert the truth of, to affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner.
  • v. (law) To prove or justify a plea.
  • v. (obsolete) To avouch, prove, or verify; to offer to verify.
  • n. (dialectal) A work-horse, working ox, or other beast of burden.

avow

  • v. (transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess…
  • v. (transitive) To bind or devote by a vow.
  • v. (law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.
  • n. (obsolete) avowal.

confirm

  • v. To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
  • v. (transitive, Christianity) To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).
  • v. To assure the accuracy of previous statements.

corroborate

  • v. (transitive) To confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or vouch for.
  • v. (transitive) To make strong; to strengthen.

declare

  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret.
  • v. (intransitive) To make a declaration.
  • v. (transitive) To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc.
  • v. (intransitive, cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though…
  • v. (transitive) To announce something formally or officially.
  • v. (intransitive, politics) For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result.
  • v. (transitive) To affirm or state something emphatically.
  • v. (transitive) To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income,…
  • v. (transitive) To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
  • v. (transitive, programming) To explicitly include (a variable) as part of a list of variables, often providing…

substantiate

  • v. (transitive) To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate.
  • v. (transitive) To give material form or substance to something; to embody; to record in documents.

support

  • n. Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to.
  • n. Financial or other help.
  • n. Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
  • n. (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure…
  • n. (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose…
  • n. Evidence.
  • n. (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
  • n. (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
  • v. (transitive) To keep from falling.
  • v. (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
  • v. (transitive) To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
  • v. (transitive) To help, particularly financially.
  • v. To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
  • v. (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
  • v. (transitive) To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories,…
  • v. (transitive) To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
  • v. (archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
  • v. To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.

sustain

  • n. (music) A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.
  • v. (transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
  • v. (transitive) To provide for or nourish.
  • v. (transitive) To encourage (something).
  • v. (transitive) To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
  • v. (transitive) To confirm, prove, or corroborate.
  • v. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
  • v. To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.

swan

  • n. Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus, most of which have white plumage.
  • n. (figuratively) One whose grace etc. suggests a swan.
  • n. (heraldry) This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms…
  • v. (Britain, intransitive) To travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way.
  • v. (US, dialectal or colloquial) To declare (chiefly in first-person present constructions).

swear

  • v. (intransitive, transitive) To take an oath.
  • v. (intransitive) To use offensive language.
  • n. A swear word.
  • adj. (Britain dialectal) Heavy.
  • adj. (Britain dialectal) Top-heavy; too high.
  • adj. (Britain dialectal) Dull; heavy; lazy; slow; reluctant; unwilling.
  • adj. (Britain dialectal) Niggardly.
  • adj. (Britain dialectal) A lazy time; a short rest during working hours (especially field labour); a siesta.
  • v. (Britain dialectal) To be lazy; rest for a short while during working hours.

verify

  • v. (transitive) To substantiate or prove the truth of something.
  • v. (transitive) To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something.
  • v. (transitive, law) To affirm something formally, under oath.

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