Assert crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 letters

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This selection for “Assert” is pulled from entries that were tested and confirmed in puzzles where this clue appeared. Each one reflects common crossword logic tied to this phrasing.

Likely Answers:

  • AVER
  • CLAIM
  • ALLEGE
  • STATE
  • AVOW
  • DECLARE
  • INSIST
  • AFFIRM
  • POSIT
  • POSE
  • MAINTAIN
  • PROFESS
  • CONTEND
  • LAYDOWN
  • SAY

Synonyms and Definitions

AVER

  • Synonyms: affirm, allege, avow, say, swan, swear, verify

CLAIM

  • Synonyms: arrogate, call, exact, lay claim, take, title

ALLEGE

  • Synonyms: aver

STATE

  • Synonyms: body politic, commonwealth, country, department of state, dos, express, land, nation, posit, province, put forward, res publica, state of matter, submit, tell, united states department of state

AVOW

  • Synonyms: avouch

DECLARE

  • Synonyms: adjudge, announce, hold

INSIST

  • Synonyms: importune, take a firm stand

AFFIRM

  • Synonyms: confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain

POSIT

  • Synonyms: deposit, fix, postulate, situate, state

POSE

  • Synonyms: affectation, affectedness, airs, amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, impersonate, lay, mannerism, model, mystify, nonplus, perplex, personate, place, position, posture, present, put, puzzle, set, sit, stick, stupefy, vex

MAINTAIN

  • Synonyms: asseverate, conserve, defend, exert, keep, keep up, observe, preserve, uphold, wield

PROFESS

  • Synonyms: concede, confess, pretend

CONTEND

  • Synonyms: argue, compete, contest, cope, deal, debate, fence, fight, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage, repugn, struggle, vie

SAY

  • Synonyms: articulate, enjoin, enounce, enunciate, order, pronounce, read, sound out, suppose

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