Assert
Hold
Hold verb - Assert or affirm.
Usage example: Rousseau's philosophy holds that people are inherently good
Assert is a synonym for hold in affirm topic. Sometimes you can use "Assert" instead a verb "Hold", if it concerns topics such as affirmation.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Two managers (a werewolf and a vampire) bite a new guy so he can fill a gap as that monster, but as they keep arguing over who gets him they also keep on biting him to assert their hold.
Source: The Virus
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Hold and Assert. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/assert/hold
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