assert

assert is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 6 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.
2. transitive verb. To maintain; to defend.
3. transitive verb. To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties.
4. verb. assert to be true

   "The letter asserts a free society"

   Synonyms: insist

5. verb. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

   "Before God I swear I am innocent"

   Synonyms: affirm, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify

6. verb. state categorically

   Synonyms: asseverate, maintain

7. verb. insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized

   "Women should assert themselves more!"

Synonyms

insist, affirm, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify, asseverate, maintain

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in assert:

asters, essart, stares, tasser, terass

Common word forms

asserts, asserted, asserter, asserting, assertable

Words from these letters

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