avers
States with conviction
Avers is the third-person singular of aver, meaning to state or assert with confidence: She avers that the document is authentic.
The word carries a formal or legal tone, implying a declaration made with conviction rather than casual opinion.
Someone who avers something stands behind its truth.
Declares something true
- maintainsKeeps in condition
- contendsStrives in opposition
- insistsAsserts with firmness
- assertsStates as true
claims · declares · professes · avows · holds · states · argues · submits
Gives sworn statements
- swearsVows or curses
- attestsDeclares something true
- certifiesOfficially declares true
- vouchesAffirms another's trustworthiness
witnesses · deposes · bears witness · corroborates · substantiates · verifies · confirms · validates
Expresses a viewpoint
- believesRegards as true
- holdsKeeps in possession
- considersThinks about carefully
- thinksEngages in mental activity
feels · judges · views · regards · deems · supposes · reckons · presumes
Declares something untrue
- disputesClashes over differing positions
- contradictsDenies or opposes directly
- refutesProves something false
- rebutsDisproves or contradicts
counters · challenges · opposes · rejects · contests · gainsays · disavows · repudiates
affirms
Declares something true
asserts · claims · declares · professes · avows · holds · states · argues · submits · posits
testifies
Gives sworn statements
vouches · witnesses · deposes · bears witness · corroborates · substantiates · verifies · confirms · validates · guarantees
opines
Expresses a viewpoint
thinks · feels · judges · views · regards · deems · supposes · reckons · presumes · surmises
denies
Declares something untrue
- disputesClashes over differing positions
- contradictsDenies or opposes directly
- refutesProves something false
rebuts · counters · challenges · opposes · rejects · contests · gainsays · disavows · repudiates · negates
aversdenies
Declares something untrue
refutes · contradicts · disavows · negates · disputes
- risk aversePreferring certainty over gambles
- averted gazeDeliberately not looking
- averting eyesDirecting sight elsewhere intentionally
- averting gazeRedirecting one's look
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