Synonyms of the word

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…

adjudge

• v. To declare to be.
• v. To deem or determine to be.
• v. To award judicially; to assign.

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…

announce

• v. (transitive) To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.
• v. (transitive) To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.

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.

authorise

• v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of authorize.

authorize

• v. (transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something).
• v. (transitive) To permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something).

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.

clear

• adj. Transparent in colour.
• adj. Bright, not dark or obscured.
• adj. Free of obstacles.
• adj. Without clouds.
• adj. (meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
• adj. Free of ambiguity or doubt.
• adj. Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
• adj. (figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
• adj. (of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
• adj. Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
• adj. (Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
• adj. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
• adj. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
• adj. Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
• adj. Unmixed; entirely pure.
• adj. Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
• adj. Without diminution; in full; net.
• adv. All the way; entirely.
• adv. Not near something or touching it.
• adv. free (or separate) from others.
• adv. (obsolete) In a clear manner; plainly.
• v. (transitive) To remove obstructions or impediments from.
• v. (ergative) To become freed from obstructions.
• v. (transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from a matter; to clarify; especially, to clear up.
• v. (transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
• v. (transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
• v. (intransitive) To become clear.
• v. (intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that…
• v. (transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
• v. (transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
• v. To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
• v. To obtain a clearance.
• v. (sports) To defend by hitting (or kicking, throwing, heading etc.) the ball (or puck) from the defending…
• v. To fell all trees of a forest.
• v. (transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
• v. (computing, transitive) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at…
• n. (carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest…
• n. (cryptology) State of being unenciphered. (In the clear: Not enciphered.).

evaluate

• v. (transitive) to draw conclusions from examining; to assess.
• v. (transitive, mathematics) to compute or determine the value of (an expression).
• v. (transitive, computing, mathematics) To return or have a specific value.

exclaim

• v. (intransitive) To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.
• n. (obsolete) Exclamation; outcry, clamor.

hold

• adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
• v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
• v. (transitive) To contain or store.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
• v. (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
• v. To take place, to occur.
• v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
• v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
• n. A grasp or grip.
• n. A place where animals are held for safety.
• n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
• n. Something reserved or kept.
• n. Power over someone or something.
• n. The ability to persist.
• n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
• n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
• n. (exercise (sport)) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time.
• n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
• n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
• n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
• n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
• n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
• n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
• n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when…
• n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).

judge

• n. A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering…
• n. A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
• n. A person officiating at a sports or similar event.
• n. A person whose opinion on a subject is respected.
• v. (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.
• v. (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
• v. (transitive) To form an opinion on.
• v. (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
• v. (transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
• v. (intransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.

pass

• v. (heading) Physical movement.
• v. (heading) To change in state or status, to advance.
• v. (heading) To move through time.
• v. (heading) To be accepted.
• v. (intransitive) In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
• v. (heading) To do or be better.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take heed.
• n. An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise…
• n. A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
• n. A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
• n. A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
• n. An attempt.
• n. (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
• n. (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
• n. A sexual advance.
• n. (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
• n. (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into…
• n. Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
• n. A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit…
• n. (baseball) An intentional walk.
• n. The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
• n. (obsolete) Estimation; character.
• n. (obsolete, Chaucer) A part, a division. Compare passus.
• n. (cooking) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the…
• n. An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
• n. (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
• n. (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).

play

• v. (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose…
• v. (ergative) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
• v. (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love, fornicate; to have sex.
• v. (transitive) To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
• v. (heading, transitive, intransitive) To produce music or theatre.
• v. (heading) To behave in a particular way.
• v. (intransitive) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion;…
• v. (intransitive) To move gaily; to disport.
• v. (transitive) To put in action or motion.
• v. (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
• v. (transitive) To manipulate or deceive someone.
• n. (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
• n. (uncountable) Similar activity, in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
• n. (uncountable, ethology) "Repeated, incompletely functional behavior differing from more serious versions…
• n. The conduct, or course of a game.
• n. (countable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
• n. (countable) (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
• n. (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters…
• n. (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
• n. (countable) A major move by a business.
• n. (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other…
• n. (uncountable) The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely.
• n. (uncountable, informal) Sexual role-playing.
• n. (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.

proclaim

• v. To excitedly, verbosely and candidly describe.
• v. To announce or declare.

promulgate

• v. (transitive) To make known or public.
• v. (transitive) To put into effect as a regulation.

say

• v. (transitive) To pronounce.
• v. (transitive) To recite.
• v. To tell, either verbally or in writing.
• v. To indicate in a written form.
• v. (impersonal) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate…
• v. (informal, imperative) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
• v. (intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
• v. (transitive, informal, of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension,…
• n. One's stated opinion or input into a discussion or decision.
• adv. For example; let us assume.
• interj. (colloquial) Used to gain one's attention before making an inquiry or suggestion.
• n. A type of fine cloth similar to serge.
• v. To try; to assay.
• n. Trial by sample; assay; specimen.
• n. Tried quality; temper; proof.
• n. Essay; trial; attempt.

state

• n. A polity.
• n. A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
• n. High social standing or circumstance.
• n. (mathematics, stochastic processes) An element of the range of the random variables that define a random…
• v. (transitive) To declare to be a fact.
• v. (transitive) To make known.
• adj. (obsolete) stately.

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.

tell

• v. (transitive) To count, reckon, or enumerate.
• v. (transitive) To narrate.
• v. (transitive) To convey by speech; to say.
• v. (transitive) To instruct or inform.
• v. (transitive) To order; to direct, to say to someone.
• v. (intransitive) To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
• v. (transitive) To reveal.
• v. (intransitive) To be revealed.
• v. (intransitive) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
• v. (transitive) To use beads or similar objects as an aid to prayer.
• v. (intransitive, childish) To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
• n. A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts…
• n. (archaic) That which is told; a tale or account.
• n. (Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
• n. (archaeology) A mound, originally in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.

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.