Synonyms for accusation
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Noun
1. Allegation
allegation, charge, charre UK, assertion, indictment, complaint, denunciation, censure, impeachment UK, imputation, arraignment, crimination, delation, information dated
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of accusing.
Related words
- Phrases
- blood accusation
Forms
- Plural
- accusations → allegations, charges, assertions, indictments…
Example sentences
- complaint I don't want to hear another complaint about you.
- indictment It is unlikely that this indictment will lead to his deportation.
- assertion Tom refuted that assertion with a counterexample.
- allegation Tom was fired over a sexual harassment allegation.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| accusation | rising | |
| complaint | falling | |
| indictment | falling | |
| assertion | steady | |
| allegation | falling | |
| kategoria | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- charge1, charre
- 7 letters
- censure2, accusal
- 8 letters
- delation
- 9 letters
- complaint2, detection3, assertion3, kategoria
- 10 letters
- indictment3, allegation4, imputation4
- 11 letters
- information4, impeachment3, arraignment3, crimination
- 12 letters
- denunciation5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (censure2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- accusation
- Italiano
- accusa
- Español
- acusación
- Deutsch
- Anschuldigung
- Català
- acusació