Antonyms of verb avow

1 of 2 senses of avow

Sense 2
avow, avouch -- (admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about)
       Antonym of disavow (Sense 1)
      => disavow -- (refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb avow

2 senses of avow

Sense 1
affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear -- (to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent")
       => declare -- (state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with")

Sense 2
avow, avouch -- (admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about)
       => admit, acknowledge -- (declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten")

Antonyms of adj avowed

1 sense of avowed

Sense 1
avowed (prenominal), professed (prenominal) -- (openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist")

INDIRECT (VIA declared) -> undeclared -- (not announced or openly acknowledged; "fighting an undeclared war")

Similarity of adj avowed

1 sense of avowed

Sense 1
avowed (prenominal), professed (prenominal) -- (openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist")
       => declared (vs. undeclared) -- (made known or openly avowed; "their declared and their covert objectives"; "a declared liberal")