verb
1.
to make known openly or publicly
declared his intention to run for the senate
Synonyms: advertise, announce, annunciate, blaze (abroad), blazon, broadcast, bruit (about), disseminate, proclaim, promulgate, publish, sound, toot, vend
Related Word: acquaint, advise, apprise, inform, notify; communicate, impart; pronounce; disclose, discover, divulge, reveal; report
Idioms: declare oneself, make public ( or known)
Contrasted words: hold, hold back, keep back, reserve, withhold; recall, recant, retract, revoke
2.
Synonyms: assert 1, affirm, aver, avouch, avow, constate, depose, predicate, profess, protest
Related Word: air, broach, express, utter, vent, ventilate, voice; acknowledge, admit, own
Idioms: have one's say
Contrasted words: controvert; deny; repress, suppress; conceal, hide
3.
Synonyms: say 1, bring out, chime in, come out (with), deliver, state, tell, throw out, utter
Related Word: broach, express, voice
Idioms: speak one's piece