| Main Entry: | communicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give or exchange information, ideas |
Synonyms: |
acquaint, advertise, advise, announce, be in touch, betray, break, broadcast, carry, connect, contact, convey, correspond, declare, disclose, discover, disseminate, divulge, enlighten, get across, get through, hint, impart, imply, inform, interact, interface, keep in touch, let on, let out, make known, network*, pass on, phone, proclaim, publicize, publish, raise, reach out, relate, report, reveal, ring up, signify, spread, state, suggest, tell, touch base, transfer, transmit, unfold, write |
Antonyms: |
bottle up, conceal, cover, keep, keep quiet, suppress, withhold |
| Main Entry: | communicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mutually exchange information |
Synonyms: |
answer, associate with, be close to, be in touch, be near, buzz, cable, chat, commune with, confabulate, confer, converse, correspond, discourse, drop a line, drop a note, establish contact, get on the horn, give a call, give a ring, have confidence of, hear from, reach, reply, talk, telephone, wire, write |
| Main Entry: | adjoin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be next to |
Synonyms: |
abut, approximate, be adjacent to, border, butt, communicate, connect, join, lie, lie beside, link, neighbor, touch, verge |
| Main Entry: | admit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confess, acknowledge |
Synonyms: |
accept, accord, acquiesce, adopt, affirm, agree, allow, approve, avow, bare, bring to light, communicate, concede, concur, confide, confirm, consent, cop a plea, credit, declare, disclose, divulge, enumerate, expose, go into details, grant, indicate, let, let on, make known, narrate, number, open up, own, own up, permit, proclaim, profess, recite, recognize, relate, reveal, spill*, subscribe to, talk, tell, tolerate, uncover, unveil, yield |
| Notes: | with admit, the acknowledgment of something being true applies to one's own sphere of conduct, whereas with concede the acknowledgment applies to another's; admit implies reluctance to disclose, grant, or concede and refers usually to facts rather than their implications |
Antonyms: |
confute, deny, dispute, dissent, gainsay, refuse |
| 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: | air |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express opinion publicly |
Synonyms: |
broadcast, circulate, communicate, declare, disclose, display, disseminate, divulge, exhibit, expose, make known, make public, proclaim, publicize, publish, put, reveal, speak, state, tell, utter, ventilate, voice |
Antonyms: |
be quiet, suppress |
| 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 |
Antonyms: |
bottle up, conceal, keep secret, refrain, repress, suppress, withhold |
| Main Entry: | border |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bound on; be on the edge |
Synonyms: |
abut, adjoin, be adjacent to, bind, circumscribe, communicate, contour, decorate, define, delineate, edge, encircle, enclose, flank, frame, fringe, hem, join, line, march, margin, mark off, neighbor, outline, rim, set off, side, skirt, surround, touch, trim, verge |
Antonyms: |
be inside, center |
| 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 |
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 |