assert Synonyms

aver affirm asseverate maintain insist avow swan declare protest put forward pronounce verify vindicate swear submitting uphold spitball staking testify to affirm state submit stating stress sworn show project pronouncing propone propound protesting punctuate put radicate reaffirm reassert remarked reveal revendicate say saying profess utter ask for plea-bargain verbalise soapbox plea bargaining speak out speak up