declares
Announces with authority
Declares is the third-person singular of declare, meaning to announce formally or state emphatically.
Someone declares victory, declares bankruptcy, or declares their love.
At customs, you declare items you're bringing into a country.
In card games, a player declares trump.
The word carries weight—what gets declared tends to be official or consequential: The judge declares the defendant guilty.
Announces officially or publicly
- broadcastsTransmissions for public reception
- publicizesMakes widely known
- notifiesCommunicates officially to
- communicatesExchanges information with others
discloses · informs · pronounces · heralds · reports · divulges · conveys · disseminates
Declares something true
- contendsStrives in opposition
- arguesPresents opposing views
- maintainsKeeps in condition
- insistsAsserts with firmness
avers · asserts · claims · upholds · alleges · submits · professes · avows
Lists individually with specifics
- listsOrdered item collections
- reportsFormal written findings
- registersRecords officially
- manifestsShows or demonstrates plainly
inventories · documents · specifies · details · enumerates · discloses · submits · files
Makes known publicly
- disclosesMakes previously hidden information public
- exposesMakes visible or known
- divulgesMakes known previously hidden
- confessesAcknowledges wrongdoing openly
admits · acknowledges · uncovers · betrays · leaks · confides · imparts · bares
Official orders with force
- mandatesAuthoritative commands or requirements
- enactsMakes officially binding
- ratifiesFormally approves agreement
- legislatesMakes official laws
ordains · rules · pronounces · sanctions · authorizes · certifies · formalizes · gazettes
proclaims
Announces officially or publicly
- broadcastsTransmissions for public reception
- publicizesMakes widely known
- notifiesCommunicates officially to
communicates · discloses · informs · pronounces · heralds · reports · divulges · conveys · disseminates · circulates
affirms
Declares something true
insists · avers · asserts · claims · upholds · alleges · submits · professes · avows · attests
itemizes
Lists individually with specifics
manifests · inventories · documents · specifies · details · enumerates · discloses · submits · files · records
unveils
Makes known publicly
- disclosesMakes previously hidden information public
- exposesMakes visible or known
- divulgesMakes known previously hidden
confesses · admits · acknowledges · uncovers · betrays · leaks · confides · imparts · bares · outs
decrees
Official orders with force
- mandatesAuthoritative commands or requirements
- enactsMakes officially binding
- ratifiesFormally approves agreement
legislates · ordains · rules · pronounces · sanctions · authorizes · certifies · formalizes · gazettes · promulgates
declareswhispers
Speaks very quietly
hints · implies · suggests · insinuates · mumbles
- declare warFormally announce military action
- Declaration of IndependenceAmerica's founding proclamation
- declaration of warFormal announcement of hostilities
- declaring warFormal announcement of military action
- declared warFormally announced military aggression
- tax declarationsFormal income reports to authorities
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