All acknowledge synonyms
acΒ·knowlΒ·edge
A a verb acknowledge
- confess β If someone confesses to doing something wrong, they admit that they did it.
- concede β If you concede something, you admit, often unwillingly, that it is true or correct.
- profess β to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret.
- declare β If you declare that something is true, you say that it is true in a firm, deliberate way. You can also declare an attitude or intention.
- respond β to reply or answer in words: to respond briefly to a question.
- notice β an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day's notice.
- hail β to pour down on as or like hail: The plane hailed leaflets on the city.
- address β Your address is the number of the house, flat, or apartment and the name of the street and the town where you live or work.
- answer β When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
- reply β followup
- recognize β to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- defend β If you defend someone or something, you take action in order to protect them.
- accept β If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it.
- agree β If people agree with each other about something, they have the same opinion about it or say that they have the same opinion.
- support β to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- avow β If you avow something, you admit it or declare it.
- crack β If something hard cracks, or if you crack it, it becomes slightly damaged, with lines appearing on its surface.
- remark β to say casually, as in making a comment: Someone remarked that tomorrow would be a warm day.
- return β to go or come back, as to a former place, position, or state: to return from abroad; to return to public office; to return to work.
- thank β to express gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment to: She thanked them for their hospitality.
- greet β to lament; bewail.
- react β to act in response to an agent or influence: How did the audience react to the speech?
- salute β Military. to pay respect to or honor by some formal act, as by raising the right hand to the side of the headgear, presenting arms, firing cannon, dipping colors, etc.
- accede β If you accede to someone's request, you do what they ask.
- grant β to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
- acquiesce β If you acquiesce in something, you agree to do what someone wants or to accept what they do.
- ratify β to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
- certify β If someone in an official position certifies something, they officially state that it is true.
- yield β to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
- own β of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
- allow β If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
- uphold β to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism: He fought the duel to uphold his family's honor.
- approve β If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
- come clean β to make a revelation or confession
- let on β to allow or permit: to let him escape.
- cop a plea β to plead guilty to a criminal charge, esp. so as to get a lighter sentence
- open up β not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- admit β If you admit that something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing is true, you agree, often unwillingly, that it is true.
- recognise β to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- own up β of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
- wave β a member of the Waves.
- nod β to make a slight, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command.
- rejoin β to say in answer; reply, especially to counterreply.