2. assure, guarantee, promise, pledge, swear to; advocate, maintain, sustain, hold, press for, push for; defend, plead for, uphold, support, back up; attest to, testify to, avouch, vouch for.
3. affirm, postulate, protest, claim; profess, admit, avow, own, acknowledge. assertion, n. 1. declaration, proclamation, predication; averment, avowal, asseveration; assurance, promise, pledge, word, guarantee, say-so; affirmation, protestation, allegation, profession, acknowledgment. 2. statement, expression, utterance, representation; pronouncement, announcement, dictum, manifesto. assertive, adj. 1. emphatic, insistent, positive, decided, confident, certain, assured, sure; outspoken, mouthy, loudmouthed; dogmatic, dogmatical, peremptory, doctrinaire, opinionated.
2. aggressive, assertive, self-assertive, forward, bumptious, brash; driving, overbearing, domineering, pushing, Inf. pushy. assess, v. 1. appraise, value, rate, fix or determine value; tax, charge, levy, lay upon, impose, demand, exact, require, ask.
2. evaluate, judge, weigh, weigh the merits of; review, consider, investigate, look into; measure, gauge, take the measure of, look over, scan, Inf. give [s.o.] the once-over, Inf size up, SI. eyeball. assessment, n. 1. evaluation, review, consideration, examination, investigation, measurement, gauging, Inf. once-over, Inf sizing up.
2. tax, taxation, levy, fee, charge, surcharge, rate; toll, duty, impost, exactation.
3. appraisal, appraisement, value, face value, assigned value, established value, market value; valuation, appreciation, price, worth. asset, n. 1. good quality, qualification, strength, virtue, power, talent, endowment, boon, blessing; resource, help, aid, benefit; boost, edge, advantage, plus, strong point, talking point, selling point.
2. possession, holding, item of property.
3. assets resources, property, goods, possessions, holdings, wealth, money, wherewithal; effects, estate, personal assets, chattel, belongings; real property, liquid assets, frozen assets, capital, cash, notes, accounts receivable, securities, bonds, equitable assets; inventories, Commerce, good will, fixtures, machinery, real estate. asseverate, v. declare earnestly or solemnly, assert, affirm, state emphatically, say, aver, avow; avouch, assure, guarantee, certify, uphold, maintain; profess, propound, protest, pronounce, proclaim, predicate; depose, testify, attest, allege. asseveration, n. emphatic assertion, affirmation, averment, avowal; avouchment, assurance, guarantee, certification; protestation, proclamation, predication; deposition, testimony, attestation, vow, oath, pledge. assiduity, n. 1. assiduousness, application, diligence, industry, exertion, labor; constancy, devotion, devotedness; care, pains, carefulness, attention, sedulity, sedulousness; tirelessness, indefatigability, perseverance, endurance, persistence, patience, intentness, zeal.
2. assiduities devoted attentions, vigilance, watchfulness. assiduous, adj. 1. constant, unremitting, continuous, Inf. without letup; tireless, untiring, indefatigable; persistent, determined, patient, plodding; busy, active, brisk, occupied, on the go, bustling, busy as a bee.
2. diligent, persevering, industrious, hard-working, working like a beaver; attentive, studious, careful, painstaking, sedulous; devoted, zealous, earnest; intent, engrossed.