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communicating - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | communicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give or exchange information, ideas |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advertise, advise, announce, betray, break, broadcast, carry, connect, contact, convey, correspond, declare, disclose, discover, disseminate, divulge, enlighten, get across, hint, impart, imply, inform, interact, let on, network*, proclaim, publicize, publish, raise, relate, report, reveal, signify, spread, state, suggest, tell, touch base*, transfer, transmit, unfold, write, be in touch, get through, interface, keep in touch, let out, make known, pass on, phone, reach out, ring up |
| Antonyms: | bottle up, conceal, cover, keep, suppress, withhold, keep quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | communicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mutually exchange information |
| Synonyms: | answer, buzz, cable, chat, confer, converse, correspond, discourse, hear from, reach, reply, talk, telephone, wire, write, associate with, be close to, be in touch, be near, commune with, confabulate, drop a line, drop a note, establish contact, get on the horn, give a call, give a ring, have confidence of |
| Main Entry: | adjoin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be next to |
| Synonyms: | abut, approximate, border, butt, communicate, connect, join, lie, link, neighbor, touch, verge, be adjacent to, lie beside |
| 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, grant, indicate, let, let on, narrate, number, own, permit, proclaim, profess, recite, recognize, relate, reveal, spill*, talk, tell, tolerate, uncover, unveil, yield, go into details, make known, open up, own up, subscribe to |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, communicate, declare, disclose, display, divulge, drum*, endorse, exhibit, expose, flaunt, hard sell, herald, hype*, inform, notify, pitch, plug, press agent*, proclaim, promote, promulgate, puff*, push, reveal, show, soft sell, splash*, sponsor, spot, tout, uncover, unmask, circularize, get on soapbox for, make a pitch, make known, put on the map |
| Antonyms: | hide, keep secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | air |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express opinion publicly |
| Synonyms: | broadcast, circulate, communicate, declare, disclose, display, disseminate, divulge, exhibit, expose, proclaim, publicize, publish, put, reveal, speak, state, tell, utter, ventilate, voice, make known, make public |
| Antonyms: | suppress, be quiet |
| Main Entry: | announce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a proclamation |
| Synonyms: | advertise, blast, blazon, broadcast, call, communicate, declare, disclose, disseminate, divulge, drum*, impart, intimate, issue, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, release, report, reveal, state, tell, trumpet, annunciate, give out, make known, make public, pass the word, propound, run off at mouth, sound off, spread around |
| Antonyms: | bottle up, conceal, refrain, repress, suppress, withhold, keep secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | border |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bound on; be on the edge |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, bind, circumscribe, communicate, contour, decorate, define, delineate, edge, encircle, enclose, flank, frame, fringe, hem, join, line, march, margin, neighbor, outline, rim, side, skirt, surround, touch, trim, verge, be adjacent to, mark off, set off |
| Antonyms: | center, be inside |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tell news |
| Synonyms: | announce, come out, communicate, convey, disclose, divulge, impart, inform, proclaim, reveal, tell, transmit, let out, make public, pass on |
| Antonyms: | hide, secret, keep quiet |
| Main Entry: | broadcast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put forth on electronic media |
| Synonyms: | air, announce, beam, cable, circulate, communicate, get out*, radio, relay, send, show, telecast, telephone, televise, transmit, be on the air, colorcast, go on the air, go on the airwaves, put on the air, radiograph, simulcast, telegraph |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | broadcast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make public |
| Synonyms: | advertise, announce, blare, blazon, circulate, communicate, declare, disseminate, distribute, proclaim, promulgate, publish, report, sow, spread, strew, troll, annunciate |
| Antonyms: | hide, secret, keep quiet |
| Main Entry: | butt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch, adjoin |
| Synonyms: | abut, border, bound, communicate, join, jut, meet, neighbor, project, protrude, verge |
| Main Entry: | carry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | broadcast electronically |
| Synonyms: | air, bear, communicate, conduct, convey, display, disseminate, give, offer, publish, relay, release, send, transfer, transport, pass on |
| Main Entry: | cede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, surrender |
| Synonyms: | abdicate, accord, alien, alienate, allow, capitulate, communicate, concede, convey, deed, drop, fold*, give in*, grant, hand over*, leave, relinquish, renounce, resign, transfer, vouchsafe, waive, yield, abalienate, come across with, fork over, give up, make over, part with, remise, sign over, throw in the sponge, throw in the towel |
| Antonyms: | defend, fight, gain, guard, win, take over |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | convey |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express message |
| Synonyms: | break, carry, communicate, conduct, disclose, impart, project, relate, reveal, send, tell, transmit, make known, pass on, put across |
| Antonyms: | refrain, withhold, keep secret |
| Main Entry: | deliver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | announce, proclaim |
| Synonyms: | address, bring out, broach, come out with, communicate, declare, express, give, impart, present, pronounce, publish, read, say, state, tell, throw out, utter, vent, voice, chime in, give forth |
| Antonyms: | keep, withhold, be quiet |
| Main Entry: | describe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain in speech, writing |
| Synonyms: | call, characterize, chronicle, communicate, construe, define, delineate, depict, detail, distinguish, draw, elucidate, epitomize, exemplify, explicate, expound, express, illuminate, illustrate, image, impart, interpret, label, limn, name, narrate, outline, paint, picture, portray, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, represent, sketch, specify, state, tell, term, trace, transmit, convey image, make apparent, make clear, make sense of, make vivid, mark out, particularize, write up |
| Antonyms: | confuse, misrepresent, mix up |
| Main Entry: | detail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | specify, make clear |
| Synonyms: | analyze, catalog, communicate, delineate, depict, describe, designate, elaborate, embellish, enumerate, epitomize, exhibit, itemize, lay out, narrate, portray, produce, recapitulate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, reveal, show, specialize, spell out, spread, stipulate, summarize, tell, uncover, circumstantiate, fly speck, get down to brass tacks, individualize, particularize, quote chapter and verse, set forth, sweat details |
| Antonyms: | hide, misrepresent, suppress, withhold |
| Main Entry: | disclose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reveal, make public |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, admit, avow, bare, betray, blab, bring to light*, broadcast, communicate, confess, discover, display, divulge, exhibit, expose, give away, impart, leak, mouth*, open, own, publish, relate, reveal, show, snitch*, spill, spill the beans*, squeal*, tell, uncover, unfurl, unveil, utter, come out of the closet, lay bare, let slip, make known |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, secrete, withhold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | divulge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make known; confess |
| Synonyms: | admit, betray, blab, blow the whistle*, broadcast, communicate, declare, disclose, discover, exhibit, expose, give away, gossip, impart, leak, mouth, proclaim, promulgate, publish, reveal, spill, spill the beans*, spring, tattle, tell, uncover, cough up, fess up, go public, let hair down, let slip, open up, own up, tip off |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, keep, secrete |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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