VERB | communication | assert, asseverate, maintain | state categorically |
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communication | assert, affirm, verify, avow, aver, swan, swear | to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | |
social | assert, put forward | insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized | |
cognition | assert, insist | assert to be true |
Sounds | ahser't | |
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Rhymes | Albert ... yogurt: 70 rhymes with ert... |
Meaning | state categorically. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
Model | They assert that there was a traffic accident | |
Synonyms | asseverate, maintain | |
Narrower | allege, aver, say | Report or maintain |
predicate, proclaim | affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of | |
Broader | insist, take a firm stand | Be emphatic or resolute and refuse / refuse to budge |
Spanish | afirmar, aseverar, conservar, mantener, sostener | |
Catalan | afirmar, asseverar, conservar | |
Adjectives | assertable | capable of being affirmed or asserted |
Nouns | assertion | a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) |
Meaning | To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
Model | They assert that there was a traffic accident | |
Synonyms | affirm, verify, avow, aver, swan, swear | |
Narrower | assure, tell | inform positively and with certainty and confidence |
attest | authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity | |
claim, take | lay claim to | |
declare | state firmly | |
hold | assert or affirm | |
protest | affirm or avow formally or solemnly | |
Broader | declare | state emphatically and authoritatively |
Spanish | afirmar, asegurar, aseverar, atestar, certificar, corroborar, garantizar, jurar, testimoniar, verificar | |
Catalan | afirmar, asseverar, corroborar, jurar, verificar | |
Adjectives | assertable | capable of being affirmed or asserted |
Nouns | asserter | someone who claims to speak the truth |
assertion | the act of affirming / affirming or asserting or stating something |
Meaning | insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "Women should assert themselves more!" | |
Synonym | put forward | |
Broader | behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry | Behave in a certain manner |
Spanish | defender, hacerse valer | |
Catalan | fer-se valer | |
Adjectives | assertive | aggressively self-assured |
Meaning | assert to be true. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "The letter asserts a free society" | |
Synonym | insist | |
Broader | postulate, posit | Take as a given |
Spanish | incidir, insistir | |
Catalan | incidir, insistir | |
Adjectives | assertable | capable of being affirmed or asserted |
Nouns | assertion | the act of affirming / affirming or asserting or stating something |
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