Word Meanings - PROTEST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow. He protest that his measures are pacific. Landor. The lady doth protest too much, methinks. Shak. 2. To make a solemn declaration expressive of opposition;

Additional info about word: PROTEST

1. To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow. He protest that his measures are pacific. Landor. The lady doth protest too much, methinks. Shak. 2. To make a solemn declaration expressive of opposition; -- with against; as, he protest against your votes. Denham. The conscience has power . . . to protest againts the exorbitancies of the passions. Shak. Syn. -- To affirm; asseverate; assert; aver; attest; testify; declare; profess. See Affirm.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PROTEST)

• Assert
• Asseverate
• declare
• pronounce
• depose
• maintain
• statement
• avow
• avouch
• affirm
• allege
• protest
• claim
• Avouch
• Aver
• propound
• asseverate
• profess
• Certify
• Acknowledge
• aver
• attest
• vouch
• testify
• demonstrate
• prove
• evidence
• inform
• assure
• Remonstrate
• Expostulate
• rebel
• recalcitrate
• object
• admonish
• typify
• swear
• witness
• verify
• confirm
• certify

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of PROTEST)

• Forego
• waive
• disclaim
• abjure
• disavow
• abandon
• concede
• surrender
• repudiate

Related words: (words related to PROTEST)

• PROVENTRIULUS
  The glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop.
• PROVERBIAL
  1. Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial. In case of excesses, I take the German proverbial cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the worst. Sir
• INFORMITY
  Want of regular form; shapelessness.
• PROFESSORY
  Of or pertaining to a professor; professorial. Bacon.
• ADMONISHER
  One who admonishes.
• MAINTAIN
  by the hand; main hand + F. tenir to hold . See 1. To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace;
• ASSURER
  1. One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter. 2. One who takes out a life assurance policy.
• PROFESSORIALISM
  The character, manners, or habits of a professor.
• OBJECTIVENESS
  Objectivity. Is there such a motion or objectiveness of external bodies, which produceth light Sir M. Hale
• AVOUCHMENT
  The act of avouching; positive declaration. Milton.
• INFORMOUS
  Of irregular form; shapeless. Sir T. Browne.
• AFFIRMATIVELY
  In an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a question; in the affirmative; -- opposed to negatively.
• PROFESSORIAT
  See PROFESSORIATE
• ASSERT
  self, claim, maintain; ad + serere to join or bind together. See 1. To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate. Nothing is more shameful . . . than to assert anything to
• REBELLOW
  To bellow again; to repeat or echo a bellow. The cave rebellowed, and the temple shook. Dryden.
• PROVENCAL
  Of or pertaining to Provence or its inhabitants.
• ASSERTORY
  Affirming; maintaining. Arguments . . . assertory, not probatory. Jer. Taylor. An assertory, not a promissory, declaration. Bentham. A proposition is assertory, when it enounces what is known as actual. Sir W. Hamilton.
• DISAVOWANCE
  Disavowal. South.
• OBJECTIST
  One who adheres to, or is skilled in, the objective philosophy. Ed. Rev.
• AVOUCHABLE
  Capable of being avouched.
• INEVIDENCE
  Want of evidence; obscurity. Barrow.
• RECLAIMABLE
  That may be reclaimed.
• WELL-INFORMED
  Correctly informed; provided with information; well furnished with authentic knowledge; intelligent.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• MAINSWEAR
  To swear falsely. Blount.
• DISAPPROVE
  1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline