| profess(verb, declare, admit, assert, own) |
| acknowledge(admit, assert, own, confess) |
| act as though(verb, expression, idiom, play, fake) |
| admit(acknowledge, assert, own, confess) |
| affirm(acknowledge, admit, assert, own, confess) |
| allege(verb, agree, allow, acknowledge, admit) |
| announce(verb, agree, allow, acknowledge, admit) |
| assert(acknowledge, admit, pretend, own, stump) |
| asseverate(acknowledge, admit, assert, pretend, own) |
| aver(acknowledge, admit, assert, pretend, own) |
| avouch(acknowledge, admit, assert, pretend, own) |
| avow(acknowledge, admit, assert, own, confess) |
| blow hot air(verb, expression, idiom, agree, allow) |
| bluff(verb, play, fake, pretend, imagine) |
| certify(acknowledge, admit, assert, pretend, own) |
| claim(verb, agree, allow, acknowledge, admit) |
| come out(verb, expression, agree, allow, acknowledge) |
| confess(acknowledge, admit, assert, own) |
| confirm(acknowledge, admit, assert, own, confess) |
| constate(verb, agree, allow, acknowledge, admit) |