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tell - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | tell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advise, announce, apprise, authorize, bid, command, confess, declare, direct, disclose, divulge, enjoin, explain, express, fill in*, impart, inform, instruct, leak, level, mention, notify, order, proclaim, recite, report, represent, require, reveal, say, speak, state, summon, utter, break the news, call upon, clue in, give facts, give out, keep posted, lay open*, leave word, let in on, let know, let slip, make known, open up, put before, reel off, spit it out |
| Notes: | say, speak, and tell are near synonyms, but say is usually followed by a statement or words actually uttered |
| Antonyms: | listen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | narrate, describe |
| Synonyms: | chronicle, depict, express, portray, recount, rehearse, relate, report, speak, state, give an account of, set forth |
| Antonyms: | listen |
| Main Entry: | tell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand, discern |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, clinch, comprehend, deduce, determine, differentiate, discover, discriminate, distinguish, divine, find out, identify, know, learn, make out, perceive, recognize, see, be sure, know for certain |
| Antonyms: | misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | tell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry weight |
| Synonyms: | count, register, weigh, have effect, have force, make presence felt, make presence known, militate, take effect, take its toll |
| Main Entry: | tell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calculate |
| Synonyms: | compute, count, enumerate, number, numerate, reckon, tale, tally, count one by one |
| Antonyms: | estimate, figure, guess |
| Main Entry: | acquaint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inform oneself or another about something new |
| Synonyms: | accustom, advise, apprise, bring out, clue, come out with*, disclose, divulge, enlighten, familiarize, fill in, fix up*, get together*, habituate, inform, introduce, notify, post, present, reveal, tell, warn, intro, knock down*, let know, make familiar |
| Antonyms: | conceal, deceive, falsify, hide, hold back, mislead, misrepresent, withhold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ascertain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make sure |
| Synonyms: | check, check out*, confirm, determine, dig*, discover, divine, establish, eye*, find out, fix, identify, learn, learn the ropes*, peg*, pick up*, read, see, settle, size, tell, verify, catch on, check up on, double-check, eyeball, get down cold, get down pat, get hold of, get it down, get the hang of, look-see, make certain, make sure, pick up on, size up* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blab |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gossip |
| Synonyms: | babble, betray, blather, blurt out, chatter, disclose, divulge, gab, gabble, give away, go on, jabber, let out, let slip, mouth, peach, prattle, reveal, run off at the mouth, run on, shoot the breeze*, spill the beans*, spill*, squeal*, talk through one's hat, tattle, tell, tell on, yak*, yakkety-yak |
| Antonyms: | be quiet, shut up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chronicle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | report, recount |
| Synonyms: | enter, narrate, record, register, relate, tell, set down |
| Antonyms: | hide, secret |
| Main Entry: | clue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give information |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advise, apprise, fill in, hint, indicate, inform, intimate, notify, post, suggest, tell, warn, give the lowdown, give the skinny on, lead to, leave evidence, leave trace, leave tracks, point to, wise up |
| Antonyms: | hide, keep secret |
| Main Entry: | come out with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disclose information |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, bring out, come clean, declare, deliver, divulge, own, say, state, tell, throw out, utter, chime in*, lay open, own up |
| Antonyms: | hide, secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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
| Main Entry: | enlighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain thoroughly; make aware |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advise, apprise, brief, catechize, civilize, convert, counsel, direct, disclose, divulge, edify, educate, elucidate, guide, illuminate, illumine, imitate, improve, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, persuade, preach, reveal, save, school, teach, tell, train, update, uplift, cause to understand, give faith, give the lowdown, give the word, illume, inspirit, let in on, open up, put on to |
| Antonyms: | bewilder, confound, confuse, delude, mislead, obscure, puzzle, be vague |
| Main Entry: | enumerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | list, count |
| Synonyms: | calculate, cite, compute, detail, figure, identify, inventory, itemize, mention, name, number, quote, recapitulate, recite, reckon, recount, rehearse, relate, run down, specialize, specify, spell out, sum, tally, tell, total, add up, count noses, keep tabs, particularize, run off, take account of, tick off* |
| Antonyms: | not count |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | explain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make clear; give a reason for |
| Synonyms: | account for, analyze, annotate, bring out, clarify, clear up, construe, decipher, define, demonstrate, describe, diagram, disclose, elucidate, excuse, explicate, expound, get across*, illustrate, interpret, justify, manifest, paraphrase, point out, rationalize, read, refine, render, resolve, reveal, solve, spell out*, teach, tell, translate, unfold, unravel, untangle, break down, go into detail, make plain, put across, put in plain English, set right, throw light upon |
| Antonyms: | complicate, confuse, mystify, obscure, perplex, be vague |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | foretell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predict, warn |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, announce, anticipate, apprehend, augur, betoken, bode, call, declare, disclose, divine, divulge, dope*, figure, forebode, forecast, foreshadow, forewarn, portend, prefigure, presage, proclaim, prognosticate, prophesy, read, reveal, signify, tell, auspicate, call it, call the shot, crystal ball it, dope out*, figure out*, foreknow, make book, psych, see something coming, soothsay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate knowledge, information |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advise, apprise, betray, blab*, brief, caution, clue, edify, educate, endow, enlighten, familiarize, fill in, forewarn, give away, illuminate, inspire, instruct, invest, leak, level, notify, post, relate, snitch, squeal, tattle, teach, tell, tip, tout, update, warn, wise, endue, give a pointer, give a tip, give two cents, let in on, let know, make conversant with, send word, show the ropes, tell on |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | leak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seep; make known |
| Synonyms: | break, come out, discharge, disclose, divulge, drip, drool, escape, exude, get out, give away, ooze, out, pass, percolate, reveal, slip, spill, spill the beans, tell, transpire, trickle, let slip, make public, pass on |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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