You'd better try to assert yourself more.
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Assert
//əˈsɜːt//
Synonyms for "assert" (118 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (35)
Related words (59)
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More general
14 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
4 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
12 entrieshas context
3 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
94 translations across 28 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- հաստատել verb (to affirm)
- փաստարկել verb (to affirm)
Bulgarian
3 entries- защитавам verb (To maintain; to defend)
- отстоявам verb (To maintain; to defend)
- твърдя verb (to affirm)
Catalan
2 entries- asserir verb (to affirm)
- asseverar verb (to affirm)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 断定 verb (to affirm)
Czech
1 entries- tvrdit verb (to affirm)
Danish
2 entries- bedyre verb (to affirm)
- forsikre verb (to affirm)
Dutch
3 entries- behouden verb (To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures)
- bevestigen verb (to affirm)
- verdedigen verb (To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures)
Esperanto
1 entries- aserti verb (to affirm)
Finnish
4 entries- puolustaa verb (To maintain; to defend)
- vahvistaa verb (to use or exercise and thereby prove)
- vakiinnuttaa verb (to use or exercise and thereby prove)
- vakuuttaa verb (to affirm)
French
3 entries- affirmer verb (to affirm)
- asseoir verb (To maintain; to defend)
- attester verb (to affirm)
Georgian
1 entries- განცხადება verb (to affirm)
German
4 entries- beteuern verb (to affirm)
- beteuern verb (To maintain; to defend)
- beteuern verb (To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures)
- versichern verb (to affirm)
Greek
3 entries- διακηρύσσω verb (to use or exercise and thereby prove)
- ισχυρίζομαι verb (to affirm)
- υποστηρίζω verb (to affirm)
Hungarian
3 entries- bizonygat verb (to affirm)
- erősködik verb (to affirm)
- megerősít verb (to affirm)
Italian
4 entries- affermare verb (to affirm)
- asserire verb (to affirm)
- difendere verb (To maintain; to defend)
- esercitare verb (to use or exercise and thereby prove)
Japanese
1 entries- 主張する verb (To maintain; to defend)
Korean
2 entries- 주장하다 verb (to affirm)
- 확고히 하다 verb (to affirm)
Latin
2 entries- affirmō verb (to affirm)
- assevērō verb (to affirm)
Māori
4 entries- whakakoia verb (to affirm)
- whakakoikoia verb (to affirm)
- whakanonoi verb (to affirm)
- whakanonoi verb (To maintain; to defend)
Norwegian
2 entries- bedyre verb (to affirm)
- forsikre verb (to affirm)
Portuguese
4 entries- afirmar verb (to affirm)
- assegurar verb (To maintain; to defend)
- assertar verb (to affirm)
- ativar verb (to make true or equal to 1)
Russian
4 entries- отста́ивать verb (To maintain; to defend)
- отстоя́ть verb (To maintain; to defend)
- утверди́ть verb (to affirm)
- утвержда́ть verb (to affirm)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- tvŕditi verb (to affirm)
- zàjāmčiti verb (to affirm)
- за̀ја̄мчити verb (to affirm)
- твр́дити verb (to affirm)
Slovak
4 entries- nárokovať si verb (to use or exercise and thereby prove)
- tvrdiť verb (to affirm)
- uplatniť verb (to use or exercise and thereby prove)
- zastávať verb (To maintain; to defend)
Spanish
4 entries- afirmar verb (to affirm)
- asegurar verb (to affirm)
- asertar verb (to affirm)
- aseverar verb (to affirm)
Swedish
1 entries- bedyra verb (to affirm)
Turkish
2 entries- iddia etmek verb (to affirm)
- öne sürmek verb (to affirm)
Ukrainian
3 entries- відстоювати verb (To maintain; to defend)
- стве́рджувати verb (to affirm)
- стве́рдити verb (to affirm)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
I am going to assert his guilt.
Source: tatoeba (260767)
Justice will assert itself.
Source: tatoeba (271612)
Biologists assert the losses are severe.
Source: tatoeba (271875)
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