Word.ws English Dictionary

I declare

I declare phrase: expressing surprise or admiration.

Phrase

I declare

  1. (US) Expressing surprise or admiration.
    • Well, I declare, I have all along thought you would object, and that's the reason I've been afraid to ask you.1886, Popular Recitations, page 17
    Synonyms:
    I do declare

Synonyms of I declare

Questions about I declare

What does I declare mean?
I declare means expressing surprise or admiration.
What part of speech is I declare?
I declare is a phrase.

Words near I declare in the dictionary

  1. I could eat a brick
  2. I could eat a horse
  3. I couldn't have said it better myself
  4. I couldn't of said it better myself
  5. I dare be bound
  6. I declare
  7. I did Nazi that coming
  8. I do
  9. I do declare
  10. I do not care
  11. I do not know it

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: I declare (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “I declare.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/i_declare. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.