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Showing words for ASSERT using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Assert

assert, asters, essart, reasts, stares, stears, straes, tasers, tasser, terass

5 Letter Words for Assert

arest, arets, asset, aster, astre, earst, easts, rasse, rates, reast, resat, rests, sates, sears, seats, serta, stare, stars, stear, strae, tares, tarse, taser, tasse, tears, teras, trass, treas, tress

4 Letter Words for Assert

ares, aret, arte, arts, asse, asst, astr, ates, ears, east, eats, eras, erat, erst, ests, etas, rast, rate, rats, rest, rets, sare, sars, sart, sate, sear, seas, seat, sers, sert, seta, sets, star, ster, stra, stre, tare, tars, tass, tear, teas, tera, tres

3 Letter Words for Assert

aer, aes, are, ars, art, ase, ass, ast, ate, ear, eas, eat, era, ers, ert, esr, ess, est, eta, ras, rat, rea, res, rte, sar, sat, sea, ser, set, sse, sta, str, tar, tas, tea, ter, tes, tra, trs, tss

Definitions for Assert

[1] to state with assurance, confidence, or force; state strongly or positively; affirm; aver: He asserted his innocence of the crime.
[2] to maintain or defend (claims, rights, etc.).
[3] to state as having existence; affirm; postulate: to assert a first cause as necessary.
[4] assert oneself , to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.: The candidate finally asserted himself about property taxes.
[5] to insist upon (rights, claims, etc)
[6] (may take a clause as object) to state to be true; declare categorically
[7] to put (oneself) forward in an insistent manner

Words related to Assert

contend, claim, stress, profess, uphold, affirm, defend, proclaim, say, press, argue, allege, cite, attest, predicate, avow, vindicate, advance, avouch, pronounce

Words nearby Assert

assent, assentation, assentient, assentor, asser, assert, asserted, assertion, assertive, assertiveness training, assertoric

Origin of Assert

1595–1605; < Latin assertus joined to, defended, claimed (past participle of asserere ), equivalent to as- as- + ser- (see series) + -tus past participle suffix

Other words from Assert

as·sert·er , as·ser·tor , noun
as·sert·i·ble , adjective
mis·as·sert , verb (used with object)
o·ver·as·sert , verb (used with object)
pre·as·sert , verb (used with object)
re·as·sert , verb (used with object)

Word origin for Assert

C17: from Latin asserere to join to oneself, from serere to join

Synonyms for Assert

affirm, allege, argue, cite, claim, contend, defend, press, proclaim, profess, say, stress, uphold, advance, attest, aver, avouch, avow, justify, predicate, pronounce, protest, state, swear, vindicate, warrant, asservate, butt in, horn in, mouth off, pop off, put forward, shoot off one's mouth, shoot one's wad, stand up for