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Verbs (16)

v. in programming, define the name and data type of a variable or other programming construct

v. state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"

declare, state clearly

v. state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"

declare, authorize payment of

v. authorize payments of; "declare dividends"

declare, adjudge, declare to be

v. declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"

declare, announce, announce officially

v. announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war"

declare, make a declaration of, declare to the customs

v. of dutiable goods

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (6)

wrong, untrue

adj. not according with the facts; "unfortunately the statement was simply untrue"

cheating, adulterous, two-timing, untrue

adj. not faithful to a spouse or lover; "adulterous husbands and wives"; "a two-timing boyfriend"

Fuzzynyms (99)

claim, lay claim to, make a claim to

v. lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea"

propound, put forward

v. put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"

protest, affirm formally, avow solemnly

v. affirm or avow formally or solemnly; "The suspect protested his innocence"

express, utter, give tongue to

v. articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"

elaborate, expatiate, expound, expatiate on, expatiate upon, elaborate on, elaborate upon, flesh out, dilate on, enlarge on, expand on, dilate upon

v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

profess

v. confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist"

say, aver, allege

v. report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"

argue, indicate, argue for

v. give evidence of; "The evidence argues for your claim"; "The results indicate the need for more work"

challenge, ask for identification

v. ask for identification; "The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard"

grapple, deal, cope, contend, get by, manage

v. come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"

squeal, confess, shrive

v. confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure

confess

v. confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith

allow, profess, concede, confess

v. admit, make a clean breast of; "She confessed that she had taken the money"

find, rule

v. decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty"

express, utter, give tongue to

v. articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"

proclaim, promulgate, exclaim

v. state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty"

trumpet

v. proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet; "Liberals like to trumpet their opposition to the death penalty"

blazon, emblazon, decorate with heraldic arms

v. decorate with heraldic arms

decree, command by decree, issue a decree

v. issue a decree; "The King only can decree"

ordain

v. issue an order

label, judge, pronounce

v. pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"

place, order, range, rate, grade, rank

v. assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

voice, give voice to

v. give voice to; "He voiced his concern"

swan, affirm, avow, swear, assert, aver

v. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"

express, utter, give tongue to

v. articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"

wrong, incorrect

adj. not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions"

illogical, unlogical

adj. lacking in correct logical relation

faulty

adj. characterized by errors; "he submitted a faulty report"

corrupt, crooked

adj. not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

misleading, deceitful, deceptive, fraudulent

adj. intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"

inexact

adj. not exact

perverted, distorted, misrepresented, twisted

adj. having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented; "many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality"; "a perverted translation of the poem"

false

adj. not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality; "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery"

Synonyms (8)

mendacious, fallacious

adj. intentionally untrue; "a mendacious statement"

invalid

adj. "a false start"; "a false alarm"

specious

adj. plausible but false; "a specious claim"; "spurious inferences"

apostate

adj. not faithful to religion or party or cause

perfidious, treacherous

adj. tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans; "Punic faith"; "the perfidious Judas"; "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"; "treacherous intrigues"

Punic

Antonyms (6)

deny, declare untrue

v. declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money"

abjure, recant, forswear, retract

v. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

declare untrue

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