Synonyms for proclaim
Definitions
- v. 1
To announce or declare.
- v. 2
To make (something) the subject of an official proclamation bringing it within the scope of emergency powers.
Were those baronies proclaimed at the time you were in them? –Some of them are; the barony of Duhallow is proclaimed.
Related words
- Word family
- proclaimable proclaimer
Forms
- Past participle
- proclaimed
e.g. proclaimed → declared, promulgated, announced, heralded…
Choose the right word
Declare has often an authoritative force; to declare war is to cause war to be, where before there may have been only hostilities; we say declare war, proclaim peace.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- announce He started to publicly announce that he is Muslim.
- declare I hereby declare the opening of the Olympic Games.
- herald It was the lark, the herald of the morn, no nightingale.
- promulgate They are simply trying to promulgate an accurate version of the facts.
- acknowledge Could you please acknowledge receipt of this note?
- disclose She will have the courage to disclose their secret.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| proclaim | steady | |
| announce | steady | |
| declare | steady | |
| herald | rising | |
| promulgate | falling | |
| acknowledge | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- cry1
- 4 letters
- show1, tell1, laud1, avow2
- 5 letters
- sound1, speak1, utter2, blaze1, exalt2, extol2
- 6 letters
- report2, herald2, blazon
- 7 letters
- publish2, declare2, trumpet2, glorify3, divulge2, profess2, exclaim2
- 8 letters
- announce2, disclose2
- 9 letters
- advertise3, pronounce2, predicate3, enunciate4, advertize
- 10 letters
- promulgate3
- 11 letters
- acknowledge3, disseminate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (avow2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- proclamer
- Italiano
- proclamare
- Español
- proclamar
- Deutsch
- ausrufen
- Català
- proclamar