to allege

Examples

• All

• OK, let's assume for a minute that everything you allege here is correct.

  Dr. Phil

• Peter alleged that there are no heroes in this story.

• Well, fine, you know, and then he he alleged that this guy had set him up.

  Terry Stone Connection

• And it is also alleged to have helped end the war.

  Oppenheimer (2023)

• The Church condemned the "political reasons" which they alleged lay behind this decision.

  Academic text (1990)

• We're waiting for confirmation on the alleged murder weapon.

  Cookie's Fortune (1999)

• Are there any other witnesses to this alleged rape?

  North Country (2005)

• So I told him about Joseph X. Smith and the alleged Lincoln scandal.

  Fiction book (1992)

• He has promised me a first look at his alleged proof.

  Hard to Kill (1990)

• In each case, the alleged attackers were either members of or connected to the regiment.

  Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

C

to claim

vsto allege

∞ 2.3

To say something is true, often without proof

states it especially when there is no proof

A

to assert

vsto allege

229 3.9

To clearly and firmly say your needs or opinions

expresses a claim that often lacks direct evidence

P

to profess

vsto allege

72 5.9

To say you believe or support something, often without meaning it

focuses on saying feelings or status rather than reporting factual evidence

P

to posit

vsto allege

• Formal

35 7.5

To suggest that something is true as the start of an argument

frames it as an unsupported accusation rather than a hypothesis

A

to aver

vsto allege

• Formal

2 7.9

To say firmly that something is true

presents the idea while emphasizing lack of supporting proof

Antonyms

D

to deny

∞ 2.0

To say that something is not true

D

to disprove

66 4.5

To show that an idea or claim is not true

How Strong

to charge

• Formal

933 4.2

to accuse

∞ 2.7

to allege

• Literature

497 5.3

claim

818 3.3

to suggest

∞ 1.6

to hint

136 2.0

Surface Forms

Etymology