Academic Dictionary
Home / Thesaurus / Promulgate
Find the word that fits

Promulgate: alternatives and connections

Begin with the reviewed alternatives, then explore broader connections without treating every related word as an automatic substitute.

Try an example: important law show help change happy
26,102 words currently have published synonym-style alternatives
90,593 searchable synonym connections
350,924 published thesaurus relationships of every type
Start with the meaning

Promulgate

To make known by open declaration, as laws, decrees, or tidings; to publish; as, to promulgate the secrets of a council.

View the full dictionary entry Compare this word with another →
49 useful connections shown 11 reviewed relationships and 38 broader connections.
Best place to begin

Reviewed alternatives and contrasts

These links were deliberately created. Use the interchangeability score and guidance to judge whether a word will work in your sentence.

Broader term 2

Announce 76% connected

To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Definition Compare both words
Declare 76% connected

To make clear; to free from obscurity.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Definition Compare both words

Manner of action 3

Clarion 76% connected

A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Definition Compare both words
Declare 76% connected

To make clear; to free from obscurity.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Definition Compare both words
Trumpet 76% connected

A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tu…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Definition Compare both words

Derivationally related 4

Promulgation 74% connected

The act of promulgating; publication; open declaration; as, the promulgation of the gospel.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Definition Compare both words
Promulgation 74% connected

The act of promulgating; publication; open declaration; as, the promulgation of the gospel.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Definition Compare both words
Promulgator 74% connected

One who promulgates or publishes.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Definition Compare both words
Promulgator 74% connected

One who promulgates or publishes.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Definition Compare both words

Synonym 2

Exclaim 92% connected

To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; as, t…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Definition Compare both words
Proclaim 92% connected

To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Definition Compare both words
Explore further

Words connected by meaning

Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.

Abolition noun · 78% connection

The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: known, open, declaration, laws, decrees.
Definition Compare
Abrogate verb · 78% connection

To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the repeal of la…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: known, open, declaration, laws, decrees.
Definition Compare
Acknowledgment noun · 78% connection

A declaration or avowal of one's own act, to give it legal validity; as, the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper officer. Also, t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: known, open, declaration, laws, decrees.
Definition Compare
Administration noun · 78% connection

The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of pub…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: known, open, declaration, laws, decrees.
Definition Compare
Affirmation noun · 78% connection

A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: known, open, declaration, laws, decrees.
Definition Compare
Annul adjective · 78% connection

To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of co…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: known, open, declaration, laws, decrees.
Definition Compare
Blab verb · 78% connection

To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner; to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or discretion.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: known, open, declaration, laws, decrees.
Definition Compare
Board noun · 78% connection

A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: known, open, declaration, laws, decrees.
Definition Compare
Bundesrath noun · 78% connection

The federal council of the German Empire. In the Bundesrath and the Reichstag are vested the legislative functions. The federal counci…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: known, open, declaration, laws, decrees.
Definition Compare
Cabinet noun · 78% connection

The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: known, open, declaration, laws, decrees.
Definition Compare
Capitulary noun · 78% connection

The body of laws or statutes of a chapter, or of an ecclesiastical council.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: known, open, declaration, laws, decrees.
Definition Compare
City noun · 78% connection

A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: known, open, declaration, laws, decrees.
Definition Compare
Council noun · 78% connection

A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city council.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: known, open, declaration, laws, decrees.
Definition Compare
Councilman noun · 78% connection

A member of a council, especially of the common council of a city; a councilor.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: known, open, declaration, laws, decrees.
Definition Compare
Declaration noun · 78% connection

The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclama…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: known, open, declaration, laws, decrees.
Definition Compare
Decree noun · 78% connection

An edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiastical councils.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: known, open, declaration, laws, decrees.
Definition Compare
Divan noun · 78% connection

In Turkey and other Oriental countries: A council of state; a royal court. Also used by the poets for a grand deliberative council or…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: known, open, declaration, laws, decrees.
Definition Compare
Enunciation noun · 78% connection

The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration; as, the enunciation of an important t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: known, open, declaration, laws, decrees.
Definition Compare
All dictionary tools

Explore Academic Dictionary

The same nine destinations available from the header menu are shown here as a clear, fully visible grid.

Dictionary Definitions and meanings Thesaurus Synonyms with nuance Academic writing Evidence and analysis Professional Workplace vocabulary Word origins Etymology and roots Subjects Specialist dictionaries Word clusters Connected vocabulary Word similarity Compare two words Crossword Play with vocabulary