| Aver |
| Hold |
| Claim |
| State |
| Voice |
| Posit |
| Allege |
| Affirm |
| Insist |
| Profess |
| Contend |
| Declare |
| Maintain |
| Proclaim |
| Put forth |
| Predicate |
| Say _____ |
| Postulate |
| Say it's so |
| Put forward |
| State boldly |
| Say it is so |
| State firmly |
| Make a claim |
| State as fact |
| State as true |
| Claim as fact |
| Stares (anag) |
| Declare firmly |
| Say forcefully |
| State strongly |
| Affirm solemnly |
| State assuredly |
| State positively |
| State forcefully |
| State one's mind |
| Maintain as true |
| State confidently |
| Be forceful about |
| Maintain formally |
| Say with authority |
| Declare positively |
| Voice a conviction |
| Express forcefully |
| State categorically |
| Say with confidence |
| Proclaim confidently |
| State with authority |
| Not just hypothesize |
| Put forward as truth |
| State with confidence |
| State with conviction |
| Claim with conviction |
| Claim or state boldly |
| Voice with conviction |
| Speak with conviction |
| Declare with assurance |
| Stand up for (oneself) |
| Declare with confidence |
| Declare with conviction |
| Defend, as one's rights |
| Insist upon (rights etc) |
| State lyrics confidently |
| Charge as true, in complaints |
| Declare to audience with confidence |