Definition for Declare:

• de-kl[= a]r', v.t. to make known: to announce: to assert: to make a full statement of, as of goods at a custom-house.-- v.i. to make a statement: to show cards in order to score.-- adj. DECL[= A]R'ABLE, capable of being declared, exhibited, or proved.-- ns. DECLAR'ANT, one who makes a declaration; DECLAR[= A]' TION, act of declaring: that which is declared: a written affirmation: in the criminal law of Scotland, the statement made by the prisoner before the magistrate: in common law, the pleading in which the plaintiff in an action at law sets forth his case against the defendant.-- adjs. DECLAR'ATIVE, DECLAR'ATORY, explanatory.-- advs. DECLAR'ATIVELY, DECLAR'ATORILY.-- n. DECLAR'ATOR, a form of action in the Court of Session in Scotland, with the view of having a fact judicially ascertained and declared.-- adj. DECLARED', avowed.-- adv. DECLA'REDLY, avowedly.-- DECLARATORY ACT, an act intended to explain an old law which had become obscure or a subject of controversy. [ Fr. déclarer, from L. declar[= a]re, -[= a]tum-- de, wholly, clarus, clear.]

Synonyms for Declare:

• n.

  •
  • knowledge,
  • mouth,
  • chorus,
  • phrase,
  • words,
  • put.
  •
  • talk,
  • articulate.
  •declare (noun)
  • announce,
  • adjudge.

• v.

  •affirm (verb)
  • adjure,
  • profess,
  • pronounce,
  • approve,
  • set down,
  • pledge,
  • propound,
  • submit,
  • corroborate,
  • contend,
  • state,
  • acknowledge,
  • assert,
  • verify,
  • support,
  • assure,
  • validate,
  • certify,
  • avouch,
  • sustain,
  • accept,
  • ratify,
  • endorse.
  •believe (verb)
  • gather,
  • take for granted,
  • presume,
  • understand,
  • assent,
  • trust,
  • deem,
  • suppose,
  • hold,
  • put faith in,
  • assume,
  • conclude,
  • believe,
  • surmise,
  • give faith,
  • judge,
  • credit.
  •claim as possession (verb)
  • impart,
  • represent,
  • indicate.
  •disclose (verb)
  • brief,
  • uncloak,
  • disclose,
  • unmask.
  •evince (verb)
  • betoken,
  • establish,
  • witness,
  • authenticate,
  • depose,
  • exhibit,
  • confirm,
  • exemplify,
  • illustrate,
  • adduce,
  • document,
  • connote,
  • evince,
  • substantiate,
  • demonstrate,
  • determine.
  •make known clearly or officially (verb)
  • advocate,
  • swear,
  • repeat,
  • avow,
  • advance,
  • allegate,
  • blaze,
  • set forth,
  • stress,
  • sound,
  • show,
  • be positive,
  • reassert,
  • cite.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • bring forward,
  • guarantee,
  • chirp,
  • reaffirm,
  • insist.
  •
  • pant,
  • vocalize,
  • unveil.
  •
  • rule,
  • enter.
  •
  • sigh,
  • wheeze,
  • squeak.
  •
  • return,
  • render.
  •
  • argue.
  •
  • spread,
  • sign.
  •
  • convey.
  •
  • address.
  •
  • frame.
  •air
  • make public,
  • ventilate.
  •annul
  • quash.
  •insist
  • speak out.
  •name
  • refer to,
  • name.
  •promise
  • take an oath.
  •shout out
  • exclaim.
  •sound
  • toot.

Paraphrases for Declare:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    declares, Declaring.
  • Adverb
    declares.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    Registering.
  • Proper noun, singular
    rules, releases, signals, sets, announce, announces, announced, proclaims, declaration.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    declaration.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    AM, explain, affirm, testify, pronounce, assert, express, acknowledge, tell, argue, demonstrate, declaration, confirm, reiterate, find.
  • Verb, base form
    designate, designated, explain, affirm, expressed, testify, pronounce, certify, assert, confess, express, plead, acknowledge, describe, notify, clarify, establish, inform, characterise, decree, tell, cancel, impose, argue, advertise, demonstrate, deliver, enact, introduce, appoint, unveil, annul, characterize, declaration, assure, communicate, render, publish, confirm, reiterate, find, found, adjudicate, give, define, recite, convey, nominate.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    declared.
  • Proper noun, singular
    declared.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    declared.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    announce.
  • Verb, base form
    announce, publicize, announced.

Antonyms for Declare:

• v.

  • claim as possession
    secrete, keep.
  • make known clearly or officially
    contradict, abandon, veto, withhold, obscure, fail, repudiate, reject, hide, forget, ignore, conceal, renounce, confuse, suppress, disclaim, deny, mumble, retreat, disavow, retract, refuse, take, disown, oppose.
  • Other antonyms:
    confute, cover, abandon, disprove, mask, gild, falsify, veil, occlude, overlook, belie, gloss, twist, revoke, neglect, counter, reject, whitewash, ignore, obscure, understate, negative, silence, distort, disguise, recall, garble, question, dispute, conceal, hush, suppress, varnish, camouflage, disregard, minimize, challenge, counterfeit, withhold, hide, misrepresent, rebut.

Homophones for Declare:

• decolor, decolour, declarer, discolor, dog collar, discolour.

Hypernym for Declare:

• v.

  • communication
    speak up, take the fifth amendment, consecrate, affirm, take the stand, aver, attest, exclaim, bear witness, promulgate, suggest, propose, plead, doom, swear, assert, speak out, avow, condemn, promise, count out, animadvert, account, profess, sentence, take the fifth, swan, advise, opine, bless, assure, hallow, decree, testify, answer for, depose, proclaim, sound off, depone, sanctify, verify.

Hyponym for Declare:

• v.

  • communication
    assert, swear, avow, tell, swan, affirm, exclaim, promulgate, aver, proclaim, verify, state, say.
  • possession
    play.
  • social
    authorise, clear, authorize, pass.