averment

Other forms of averment

plural

averments·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about averment

What does averment mean?

averment means "a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)".

How many syllables are in averment?

averment has 3 syllables: a-ver-ment. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for averment?

Close synonyms include assertion, asseveration. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is averment a common word?

averment is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.