Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb proclaim
4 senses of proclaim
Sense 1
proclaim -- (declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles; "He was proclaimed King")
=> entitle, title -- (give a title to)
Sense 2
proclaim, exclaim, promulgate -- (state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty")
=> declare -- (state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with")
Sense 3
predicate, proclaim -- (affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President")
=> assert, asseverate, maintain -- (state categorically)
Sense 4
laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim -- (praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking")
=> praise -- (express approval of; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance")
Antonyms of adj proclaimed
1 sense of proclaimed
Sense 1
announced, proclaimed -- (declared publicly; made widely known; "their announced intentions"; "the newspaper's proclaimed adherence to the government's policy")
INDIRECT (VIA declared) -> undeclared -- (not announced or openly acknowledged; "fighting an undeclared war")
Similarity of adj proclaimed
1 sense of proclaimed
Sense 1
announced, proclaimed -- (declared publicly; made widely known; "their announced intentions"; "the newspaper's proclaimed adherence to the government's policy")
=> declared (vs. undeclared) -- (made known or openly avowed; "their declared and their covert objectives"; "a declared liberal")