Definition for Assertion:

• The act of asserting; positive declaration; affirmation.

Synonyms for Assertion:

• n.

  •
  • affirm.
  •acknowledgment (noun)
  • re-cognitions,
  • asservations,
  • yieldings,
  • concedings,
  • all-owing,
  • admittings,
  • re cognitions,
  • re-cognition,
  • all owing,
  • allowings,
  • re cognition.
  •admission (noun)
  • dis closures,
  • de positions,
  • de-positions,
  • dis-closures,
  • dis closure,
  • re-velation,
  • de position,
  • re velation,
  • re-velations,
  • divulgences,
  • dis-closure,
  • re velations,
  • de-position.
  •affirmation (noun)
  • promise,
  • declaration,
  • approval,
  • pledge,
  • submission,
  • oath,
  • proclamation,
  • testimony,
  • endorsement,
  • pronouncement,
  • acknowledgment,
  • avowal,
  • validation,
  • certification,
  • corroboration,
  • warranty,
  • sanction,
  • ratification,
  • verification,
  • confirmation,
  • attestation.
  •alibi (noun)
  • re tort,
  • pre-text,
  • pre text,
  • co pouts,
  • ex-planation,
  • ex-planations,
  • ex planations,
  • co-pouts,
  • co pout,
  • pre texts,
  • ex planation,
  • copouts,
  • airtight cases,
  • re torts,
  • re-torts,
  • song dance,
  • cop outs,
  • re-tort,
  • pre-texts,
  • co-pout.
  •argument (noun)
  • ex-changes,
  • ex change,
  • re monstrances,
  • line reasoning,
  • de-bates,
  • re-monstrance,
  • ex postulations,
  • re monstrance,
  • ex-postulation,
  • de fenses,
  • ex-postulations,
  • re-monstrances,
  • ex-change,
  • de bates,
  • de-bate,
  • ex postulation,
  • ex changes,
  • de bate,
  • de-fenses.
  •assertion (noun)
  • averment,
  • asseveration.
  •assurance (noun)
  • shooin,
  • pro-mises,
  • pro mises,
  • rain shine,
  • pro mise,
  • lock ons,
  • shoo in,
  • word honor,
  • pro-mise.
  •claim (noun)
  • pre tension,
  • counter claims,
  • pre tense,
  • pre-tense,
  • pre tenses,
  • re quests,
  • counter claim,
  • pre-tension,
  • re-quests,
  • pre-tenses,
  • pre tensions,
  • pre-tensions,
  • counter-claims.
  •communication (noun)
  • assertion.
  •confession (noun)
  • un-bosoming,
  • re-citations,
  • making publics,
  • re citations,
  • re-citation,
  • un bosoming,
  • ex pose,
  • ex-pose,
  • owning ups,
  • unbosomings,
  • re citation,
  • assentings.
  •contention (noun)
  • predication,
  • demurrers,
  • predications,
  • demurrer,
  • thesis,
  • hypothesis.
  •declaration, positive statement (noun)
  • stamp of approval,
  • report,
  • mouthful,
  • vindication,
  • maintenance,
  • insistence,
  • stressing,
  • say so,
  • okay.
  •disclosure (noun)
  • revelation,
  • dissemination,
  • broadcasting,
  • exhibition,
  • announcement,
  • advertisement,
  • expression,
  • Divulging,
  • disclosure.
  •dissertation (noun)
  • postulation,
  • article,
  • argument,
  • position,
  • dissertation,
  • commentary,
  • discussion,
  • analysis,
  • opinion,
  • critique,
  • interpolation,
  • examination,
  • conjecture,
  • criticism,
  • essay,
  • research.
  •expression (noun)
  • ex-position,
  • set phrases,
  • turn phrase,
  • choice of word,
  • ex-positions,
  • choice words.
  •premise (noun)
  • pro-positions,
  • pro position,
  • pre supposition,
  • pre-mises,
  • pre-supposition,
  • pro positions,
  • pre mise,
  • pre mises,
  • pre suppositions,
  • pre-suppositions,
  • pre-mise,
  • apriorisms.
  •promise (noun)
  • vow.
  •remark (noun)
  • ex-plication,
  • re flection,
  • re marks,
  • re-gard,
  • re-flection,
  • re mark,
  • re-marks,
  • re-flections,
  • two cents' worths,
  • ex plication,
  • ex plications,
  • re flections,
  • ex-plications,
  • re gards,
  • bons mots.
  •resolution (noun)
  • sorting out.
  •utterance (noun)
  • dis-courses,
  • dis-course,
  • dis course,
  • dis courses.
  •verbalization (noun)
  • verbalization.
  •word (noun)
  • solemn oath,
  • word.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • minority report,
  • apology,
  • credo,
  • motto,
  • disclaimer,
  • notification,
  • apologia,
  • forecast,
  • truism,
  • pretension,
  • generality,
  • manifesto,
  • prognosis,
  • prediction,
  • generalization,
  • threat,
  • renunciation,
  • polemic,
  • objection,
  • unveiling,
  • retraction,
  • accusation,
  • mission statement,
  • non sequitur,
  • ultimatum,
  • lemma,
  • understatement,
  • bulletin,
  • reference,
  • summing up,
  • syllogism,
  • vision statement.
  •
  • withdrawal,
  • paradox,
  • proposition,
  • prophecy,
  • allegation,
  • charter,
  • vote of no confidence,
  • charge.
  •
  • defense.

Paraphrases for Assertion:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    affirmation.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    affirmation.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    allegation, contention, reaffirmation, reassertion, accusation, pretension.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    claims, suggestion, assumption, observation, notion, hypothesis, representation, explanation, invocation, insistence, position, realization, affirm, point, idea, proclamation, conclusion, realisation, comment, attestation, expression, indication, reasoning, premise, justification, validation, opinion, acknowledgement, recognition, assessment, view, determination, complaint, perception, reinforcement, grievance, fact, establishment, exercise, quote.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    statement.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    argument, proposition, confirmation, assertiveness, characterization, assurance, remark, utterance, thesis, pronouncement, restatement, vindication, reiteration, dictum, reassurance, submission, emphasis, saying, prosecution, statement, interpretation.

Antonyms for Assertion:

• n.

  • declaration, positive statement
    desertion, denial, rejection, silence, quiet.
  • Other antonyms:
    shyness, confusion, dispute, challenge, question, refutation, disproof, bashfulness, distrust, hesitancy, consternation, negation, misgiving, timidity, doubt, confutation, dismay, rebuttal.

Assertion Sentence Examples:

• In the past our diplomacy has often consisted, in normal times, in a mere assertion of the right to international existence.

• How prove to you or her my assertion!

Homophones for Assertion:

• au gratin, accreditation, accordion, ageratum, accretion, ageratina, ascertain.

Hypernym for Assertion:

• n.

  • communication
    testimony, ipse dixit, avowal, contention, denial, ipsedixitism, affirmation, avouchment, charge, Disaffirmation, claim, accusation.

Hyponym for Assertion:

• n.

  • communication
    declaration.