The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word AVER , but the solution may also be AVOW which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Assert crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AVER | 54 % | 4 |
| AVOW | 19 % | 4 |
| CLAIM | 8 % | 5 |
| STATE | 7 % | 5 |
| POSIT | 4 % | 5 |
| ALLEGE | 3 % | 6 |
| SAY | 1 % | 3 |
| CONTEND | 1 % | 7 |
| POSE | 1 % | 4 |
| PROCLAIM | 1 % | 8 |
| PREDICATE | 1 % | 9 |
Why may STATE be the right solution?
"Assert" means to state or declare something confidently or forcefully. "State" is a synonym of "assert" and means to express something clearly and precisely in words. Therefore, "STATE" is the right solution for this crossword clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Assert
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- asseverate
- affirm
- aver
- avow
- swear
- put forward
- maintain
- insist
- swan
- assertion
- allege
- rely
Crossword Answer definitions
AVER verb- To assert the truth of, to affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner.
- To prove or justify a plea.
- To avouch, prove, or verify; to offer to verify.
- Possessions, property, belongings, wealth.
- A work-horse, working ox, or other beast of burden.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result AVER
- State firmly
- Declare
- Maintain
- Say without a doubt
- State
- Swear
- Swear up and down
- Insist
- Say firmly
- State as fact
More clues leading to the result AVOW
- Assert
- Come to terms with
- Declare
- Maintain
- Admit bluntly
- Bluntly declare
- Solemnly swear
- State solemnly
- Admit frankly
- Swear
More clues leading to the result CLAIM
- Forty-niner's stake
- Homesteader's tract
- Prospector's filing
- Type of check
- Contend
- Thing filed with an insurance company
- Cleaners sheet?
- Insurance company filing
- Something staked
- esurance filing
More clues leading to the result STATE
- Mississippi, for one
- Part of LSU
- Secretary Powell's Department
- Washington, but not Jefferson
- Cabinet post
- Condition
- Declare
- Speak one's mind
- Union member
- Washington, for one
More clues leading to the result POSIT
- Assume
- Put forth
- Take as a given
- Propose as an explanation
- Situate
- Hypothesize
- Put philosophically
- Assume as a fact
- Assume as fact
- Assume for the sake of argument
More clues leading to the result ALLEGE
- Claim
- Assert without proof
- Declare without proof
- Make a claim
- Make an accusation
- State
- Purport
- Claim (6)
- State without proof
- Hold without proof
More clues leading to the result SAY
- Utter
- "By the way, ..."
- For example
- Two cents
- State
- Verbalize
- "So, um, about that thing ..."
- Pronounce
- "Come to think of it ..."
- "That's really something!"
More clues leading to the result CONTEND
More clues leading to the result POSE
- "Playboy" shot
- It may be struck
- Act the cover girl
- Attitude
- Portrait stance
- Act the model
- Put forward
- Sit
- Suggest
- Stand for W, say
More clues leading to the result PROCLAIM
- Herald
- Declare
- Announce formally
- Assert
- Announce publicly
- Announce officially.
- Declare loudly
- Announce officially
- Shout from the rooftops