| Main Entry: | announce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a proclamation |
Synonyms: |
advertise, annunciate, blast, blazon, broadcast, call, communicate, declare, disclose, disseminate, divulge, drum, give out, impart, intimate, issue, make known, make public, pass the word, proclaim, promulgate, propound, publicize, publish, release, report, reveal, run off at mouth, sound off, spread around, state, tell, trumpet |
| Notes: | to announce is to make known publicly; to pronounce is to declare officially or formally |
Antonyms: |
bottle up, conceal, keep secret, refrain, repress, suppress, withhold |
| Main Entry: | announce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare arrival |
Synonyms: |
augur, forebode, forecast, forerun, foreshow, foretell, harbinger, herald, indicate, portend, predict, presage, signal, signify |
Antonyms: |
be quiet, hide, withhold |
| Main Entry: | announced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made widely known |
Synonyms: |
broadcast, circulated, communicated, declared, declared publicly, disclosed, divulged, issued, made public, publicized, released, reported, revealed, told |
Antonyms: |
hidden, suppressed, unannounced |
| Main Entry: | advertise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | publicize for the purpose of selling or causing one to want |
Synonyms: |
acquaint, advance, advise, announce, apprise, ballyhoo, beat the drum for, bill, blazon, boost*, build up, circularize, communicate, declare, disclose, display, divulge, drum, endorse, exhibit, expose, flaunt, get on soapbox for, hard sell, herald, hype*, inform, make a pitch, make known, notify, pitch, plug, press agent, proclaim, promote, promulgate, puff, push, put on the map, reveal, show, soft sell, splash*, sponsor, spot, tout, uncover, unmask |
Antonyms: |
hide, keep secret |
| Main Entry: | attest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | affirm, vouch for |
Synonyms: |
adjure, announce, argue, assert, asservate, authenticate, aver, bear out, bear witness, certify, confirm, corroborate, countersign, declare, demonstrate, display, exhibit, give evidence, indicate, prove, ratify, seal, show, substantiate, support, sustain, swear, testify, uphold, verify, warrant, witness |
Antonyms: |
deny |
| Main Entry: | bill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | advertise |
Synonyms: |
announce, book, give advance notice, post |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tell news |
Synonyms: |
announce, come out, communicate, convey, disclose, divulge, impart, inform, let out, make public, pass on, proclaim, reveal, tell, transmit |
| Notes: | to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack |
Antonyms: |
hide, keep quiet, secret |
| Main Entry: | broadcast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put forth on electronic media |
Synonyms: |
air, announce, be on the air, beam, cable, circulate, colorcast, communicate, get out, go on the air, go on the airwaves, put on the air, radio, radiograph, relay, send, show, simulcast, telecast, telegraph, telephone, televise, transmit |
| Main Entry: | broadcast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make public |
Synonyms: |
advertise, announce, annunciate, blare, blazon, circulate, communicate, declare, disseminate, distribute, proclaim, promulgate, publish, report, sow, spread, strew, troll |
Antonyms: |
hide, keep quiet, secret |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | yell declaration |
Synonyms: |
announce, arouse, awaken, bawl, bellow, cry, cry out, exclaim, hail, holler*, hoot, howl, proclaim, roar, rouse, scream, screech, shout, shriek, vociferate, waken, whoop, yawp, yoo hoo, yowl |
Antonyms: |
conceal, listen, refrain |