Synonyms of the word avow


AVOWACKNOWLEDGE - ADMIT - AFFIRM - ASSERT - AVER - AVOUCH - DECLARE - SWAN - SWEAR - VERIFY

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.

acknowledge

  • v. (transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in.
  • v. To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority…
  • v. To be grateful of (e.g. a benefit or an favour).
  • v. To notify receipt, as of a letter.
  • v. To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in…

admit

  • v. (transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration;…
  • v. (transitive) To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for…
  • v. (transitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible…
  • v. (transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
  • v. (intransitive) To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).
  • v. (transitive) To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.

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.

avouch

  • v. To declare freely and openly; to assert.
  • v. To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.
  • v. To confirm or verify, to affirm the validity of.
  • v. To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority.
  • n. (obsolete) evidence; declaration.

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…

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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