assert
To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
Other meanings
To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
“Salman Rushdie has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work.”
To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.
Synonyms
- maintain
Antonyms
- deny
Related words
- assertability
- assertable
- asserter
- assertment
- assertor
- counterassert
- misassert
- overassert
- reassert
- unassert
- assert oneself
- assertive
Word history
From Latin "assertus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “assert” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.