Synonyms for statement
Most common
declaration assertion report affirmation command instruction
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Declaration
declaration, assertion, report, affirmation, saying, announcement, proposition, account, expression, pronouncement, avowal, mention, dictum, theorem, enunciation, word slang, averment rare
2. Command
Definitions
- n. 1
A declaration or remark.
- n. 2
A presentation of opinion or position.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- statements → declarations, assertions, reports, affirmations…
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A statement is definite, confined to essentials and properly to matters within the personal knowledge of the one who states them; as, an ante-mortem statement.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- report The report states that there will be a depression.
- declaration That sounded like some sort of declaration of love.
- assertion Tom refuted that assertion with a counterexample.
- affirmation I'll take this as an affirmation.
- description Ziri gave the police a description of what he saw.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| statement | falling | |
| report | falling | |
| declaration | steady | |
| assertion | steady | |
| affirmation | rising | |
| description | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- word1, bill1
- 5 letters
- story2
- 6 letters
- saying2, report2, dictum2, avowal
- 7 letters
- account2, mention2, command2, theorem2, recital3
- 8 letters
- argument3, averment
- 9 letters
- rehearsal3, assertion3
- 10 letters
- expression3
- 11 letters
- description3, declaration4, instruction3, proposition4, affirmation4, enunciation
- 12 letters
- intelligence4, announcement3, articulation5
- 13 letters
- pronouncement3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (story2 = 2 syllables).