Dictionary entries for 'proclaim'

Synonyms

advertise
announce
annunciate
broadcast
declare
promulgate
publish
announce
herald
introduce
usher in
demonstrate
display
evidence
evince
exhibit
manifest
reveal
show

pro·claim (prō-klāḿ, prə-)

[Middle English proclamen, proclaimen (influenced by claimen, to claim), from Old French proclamer, from Latin prōclāmāre, prō-, forward; see pro–¹, + clāmāre, to cry out.]

transitive verb: -claimed, -claim·ing, -claims.

To announce officially and publicly; declare. See synonyms at announce
To indicate conspicuously; make plain: wearing a button that proclaimed my choice for president.
To praise; extol.

derivatives

pro·claiḿer: noun
pro·claḿa·tóry: adjective

transitive verb: -claimed, -claim·ing, -claims.

derivatives

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition