What is another word for aver?

Pronunciation: [ˈavə] (IPA)

The word "aver" refers to the act of stating or asserting something as true. There are several synonyms that can be used to replace "aver" in order to add variation to your writing. One synonym for "aver" is "affirm". This word also conveys a sense of confidence in the statement being made. Other synonyms for "aver" include "declare", "assert", "propound", "maintain" and "posit". Each of these words can be used to emphasize a different aspect of the act of asserting a statement. Use of these synonyms can help to add complexity and nuance to your writing, while conveying a strong conviction and assurance in the statement being made.

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What are the hypernyms for Aver?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for aver?

Aver is a verb that means to state something firmly or confidently. The antonyms for aver are to deny, contradict or dispute. Deny signifies a direct refusal to accept or acknowledge something. Contradict means to oppose or challenge a statement or claim. Dispute refers to a disagreement or contention over a matter. Other antonyms for aver include to hesitate, doubt or question, which imply an uncertainty in the truth or accuracy of a statement. These antonyms provide a range of alternatives that can be used to express different shades of meaning and help to avoid repetition in speech or writing.

Usage examples for Aver

Some aver that she indeed walked the earth, a Wonder Woman, and that her charm perhaps stirred up strife among nations, but that her fame kept on growing after she was dead, until-even as hundreds of jokes were attributed to Joe Miller that Joe never perpetrated or even heard-people got to making her the heroine of a myriad impossible deeds and adventures that no one woman or no ten women could have achieved.
"Superwomen"
Albert Payson Terhune
But for the private satisfaction of so good a man, I left him out of doubt that we were man and wife, though I did not directly aver it.
"Clarissa, Volume 5 (of 9)"
Samuel Richardson
Let me aver, that there are thousands and ten thousands, who have worse stories to tell than this would appear to be, had I not interested thee in the progress to my great end.
"Clarissa, Volume 5 (of 9)"
Samuel Richardson

Famous quotes with Aver

  • I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men.
    Robert Green Ingersoll
  • I dare aver He is a brave discoverer Of climes his elders do not know. He has more learning than appears On the scroll of twice three thousand years.
    Edmund Clarence Stedman
  • Though life is made up of mere bubbles, 'T is better than many aver, For while we've a whole lot of troubles, The most of them never occur.
    Nixon Waterman
  • Why is not the original deposited in some public library, instead of exhibiting attestations of its existence? Suppose there were a question in a court of justice, whether a man be dead or alive. You aver he is alive, and you bring fifty witnesses to swear it. I answer, 'Why do you not produce the man?'
    James Macpherson

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