Synonyms: declared
Definition: made known or openly avowed
Usage: their declared and their covert objectives; a declared liberal
Similar words: alleged
Definition: declared but not proved
Usage: alleged abuses of housing benefits- Wall Street Journal
Similar words: announced, proclaimed
Definition: declared publicly; made widely known
Usage: their announced intentions; the newspaper's proclaimed adherence to the government's policy
Similar words: asserted
Definition: confidently declared to be so
Usage: the asserted value of the painting
Similar words: avowed, professed
Definition: openly declared as such
Usage: an avowed enemy; her professed love of everything about that country; McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist
Similar words: professed
Definition: claimed with intent to deceive
Usage: his professed intentions
Similar words: self-proclaimed
Definition: proclaimed to be or described as such by oneself, without endorsement by others
Usage: self-proclaimed experts
Definition: declared as fact; explicitly stated
Similar words: explicit, expressed
Definition: precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication
Usage: explicit instructions; she made her wishes explicit; explicit sexual scenes