INSISTED Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the word insisted. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for INSISTED
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affirmed | verbv | |||||||
noun • thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1978 | ||||||||
alleged | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • declared but not proved • doubtful or suspect | ||||||||
asserted | verbv | |||||||
adjective satellite • confidently declared to be so | ||||||||
avowed | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • openly declared as such | ||||||||
declared | verbv | |||||||
adjective • made known or openly avowed adjective satellite • declared as fact; explicitly stated | ||||||||
emphasized | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • spoken with emphasis | ||||||||
maintained | verbv | |||||||
adjective satellite • kept in good condition • continued in your keeping or use or memory | ||||||||
pressed | verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • compacted by ironing | ||||||||
proclaimed | verbv | |||||||
adjective satellite • declared publicly; made widely known | ||||||||
professed | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • professing to be qualified • claimed with intent to deceive • openly declared as such | ||||||||
pronounced | verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • strongly marked; easily noticeable | ||||||||
stressed | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • bearing a stress or accent adjective satellite • suffering severe physical strain or distress | ||||||||
averred | verbv | |||||||
verb • report or maintain • to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | ||||||||
avouched | verbv | |||||||
verb • admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about | ||||||||
claimed | verbv | |||||||
noun • an assertion of a right (as to money or property) • an assertion that something is true or factual • demand for something as rightful or due • an informal right to something • an established or recognized right • a demand verb • assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing • demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to • ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example • lay claim to; as of an idea • take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs | ||||||||
contended | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • maintain or assert • have an argument about something • to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation • succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available • compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others • be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight | ||||||||
demanded | verbv | |||||||
noun • an urgent or peremptory request • the ability and desire to purchase goods and services • required activity • the act of demanding • a condition requiring relief verb • request urgently and forcefully • require as useful, just, or proper • claim as due or just • lay legal claim to • summon to court • ask to be informed of | ||||||||
postulated | verbv | |||||||
noun • (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning verb • maintain or assert • take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom • require as useful, just, or proper | ||||||||
propounded | verbv | |||||||
verb • put forward, as of an idea | ||||||||
urged | verbv | |||||||
noun • an instinctive motive • a strong restless desire verb • force or impel in an indicated direction • push for something • spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts | ||||||||