Synonyms for avow
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Assert — to declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly
assert, declare, confess, affirm, aver, profess, acknowledge, accept, swear, admit, proclaim, testify, recognize UK US, recognise UK, witness, own, bear witness, allow, certify, state, verify, protest, swan
2. Consecrate — to bind or devote by a vow
Definitions
- v. 1
To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
- v. 2
To bind or devote by a vow.
Forms
- Past participle
- avowed
e.g. avowed → asserted, declared, confessed, affirmed…
Choose the right word
To avow is to declare boldly and openly, commonly as something one is ready to justify, maintain, or defend. Avow and avouch take a direct object; aver is followed by a conjunction: a man avows his faith, avouches a deed, avers that he was present.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- declare I hereby declare the opening of the Olympic Games.
- confess They made him confess to a crime he didn't commit.
- assert Taiwan can't assert its independence from China.
- affirm It's not a therapist's business to affirm a kid's identity.
By length
- 3 letters
- own1
- 4 letters
- swan1, aver2
- 5 letters
- state1, allow2, admit2, swear1, adopt2
- 6 letters
- accept2, verify3, assert2, affirm2, hallow2, avouch
- 7 letters
- witness2, protest2, declare2, confess2, testify3, certify3, profess2
- 8 letters
- dedicate3, proclaim2, sanctify3
- 9 letters
- recognize3, recognise3
- 10 letters
- consecrate3
- 11 letters
- acknowledge3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (aver2 = 2 syllables).