Synonyms for Affirming:

• adj.

  •affirmative (adjective)
  • supporting,
  • positive,
  • confirmatory,
  • affirmatory,
  • confirmative.

• n.

  •confirmation (noun)
  • authenticatings,
  • re cognition,
  • affirmings,
  • acceptings,
  • authorizings,
  • stamp approval,
  • corroboratings,
  • supportings,
  • sanctionings,
  • re cognitions,
  • validatings,
  • re-cognition.

• v.

  •affirming (verb)
  • Acknowledging,
  • Adjuring,
  • Declaring,
  • Expressing,
  • Ratifying,
  • Sustaining,
  • validating,
  • Corroborating,
  • Certifying,
  • Claiming,
  • Stating,
  • Admitting,
  • Testifying,
  • Avouching,
  • Propounding,
  • assuring,
  • Proclaiming,
  • contending,
  • Warranting,
  • verifying,
  • Attesting,
  • asserting,
  • setting down,
  • Submitting,
  • Maintaining,
  • Averring,
  • Pronouncing,
  • professing.
  •agreeing (verb)
  • blessing,
  • promising,
  • Acquiescing,
  • Endorsing,
  • concurring,
  • contracting,
  • Stipulating,
  • welcoming,
  • consenting,
  • accepting,
  • Acceding,
  • assenting,
  • Capitulating,
  • approving,
  • Pledging,
  • conforming,
  • empathizing,
  • sanctioning,
  • Cooperating,
  • agreeing.
  •approving (verb)
  • Underwriting,
  • Authorizing,
  • Permitting,
  • confirming,
  • Authenticating,
  • approbating.
  •authorizing (verb)
  • Denominating,
  • Enfranchising,
  • enabling,
  • commissioning,
  • Designating,
  • Countersigning,
  • Empowering,
  • deputizing,
  • Ordaining,
  • Entitling,
  • notarizing,
  • Licensing.
  •believing (verb)
  • putting faith in,
  • believing,
  • Deeming,
  • understanding,
  • concluding,
  • assuming,
  • Surmising,
  • holding,
  • judging,
  • giving faith,
  • taking for granted,
  • Presuming,
  • trusting,
  • Supposing,
  • gathering,
  • Crediting.
  •guaranteeing (verb)
  • Vouching,
  • Securing,
  • safeguarding,
  • Insuring,
  • Guaranteeing,
  • ensuring,
  • bonding.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • saying.

Paraphrases for Affirming:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    confirming.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    reconfirming.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    reaffirmed, reaffirms, re-affirming.

• Independent

  • Verb, past tense
    acknowledged, asserted, Argued, Claimed, stated.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Proclaiming, emphasising, demonstrating, clarifying, Acknowledging, Ratifying, Testifying, Declaring, Certifying, restating, substantiating, asserting, Reclaiming, verifying, validating, Corroborating, commemorating, Ascertaining, recognising, complaining, Guaranteeing, reinforcing, underlined, underlining, Recognizing, Indicating, Maintaining, Furthering, Consolidating, reasserting, Articulating, identifying, Sustaining, finalizing, arguing, determining, re-emphasizing, underscoring, reminding, Realizing, Celebrating, Stipulated, Stipulating, upholding, Claiming, Describing, approving, Expressing, repeating, Suggesting, highlighting, Proving, saying, Enshrining, Alleging, Attesting, safeguarding, marking, solidifying, assuming, Committing, Designating, Endorsing, insisting, renewing, Submitting, Evidencing, Specifying, assuring, concluding, Citing, Establishing, recalling, pretending, Bolstering, contending, defining, Advocating, fixing, reporting, preserving, Pledging, reflecting, defending, Considering, Underpinning, telling, Purporting, documenting, observing, Enhancing, supporting, Granting, laying, stress, Referring, signaling, Signalling, demanding, believing, drawing, fostering, conveying, Attaining, pressing, challenging, proceeding, pointing, Outlining, Adding, Providing, sitting, Anchoring, Cementing, Commenting, Stating, finding, advancing, bringing, Checking, pushing, Noting, Requiring, stressing, continuing, Linking, Securing, backing, according, voicing, building, Extending, welcoming, calling, holding, dealing, setting, spending, Objecting, taking, making, Reiterating, Doing, confirming.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    stressing, emphasizing, Reiterating.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    strengthening, emphasizing.

Affirming Sentence Examples:

• Even then different opinions were exprest, some affirming and others denying that the expedition was coming.

• Proceedings on a writ of error had the effect of affirming the result by the unanimous opinion of the four judges, before whom it was ably and fully argued on two occasions.

Homophones for Affirming:

• apron, apiarian, avaram, aframomum, abronia, auburn, abraham.