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tells - 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: | 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 |
| Antonyms: | confute, deny, dispute, dissent, gainsay, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | advise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | offer information |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, apprise, clue*, fill in, inform, notify, post*, report, show, tell, update, warn, clue in, give the word, keep posted, lay it out, let in on, make known, put next to, put on the line, put on to, tip off |
| Antonyms: | keep mum, keep quiet, 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: | 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: | betray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divulge, expose information |
| Synonyms: | disclose, evince, give away, inform, manifest, reveal, show, sing*, snitch*, spill, squeal*, stool, tattle, tell, turn in, uncover, unmask, blurt out, dime, fink on, lay bare, let slip, make known, rat on, tell on |
| Antonyms: | hide, be quiet, keep secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask for; command |
| Synonyms: | call, charge, demand, desire, direct, enjoin, instruct, invite, order, proposition, request, require, solicit, summon, tell, warn, make a pass at, make a pitch, make a play for |
| 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: | 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: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | order something done |
| Synonyms: | adjure, ask, bid, command, direct, enjoin, entrust, exhort, instruct, request, require, solicit, tell, warn |
| Main Entry: | check |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspect, examine |
| Synonyms: | analyze, ascertain, audit, candle, case, compare, confirm, correct, count, find out, frisk, go through, investigate, monitor, note, overlook, probe, prove, quiz, review, scrutinize, study, tell, test, try, verify, balance account, enquire about, eyeball, keep account, look at, look over, look see, make sure, scout out, take stock |
| Main Entry: | chronicle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | report, recount |
| Synonyms: | enter, narrate, record, register, relate, tell, set down |
| Antonyms: | hide, secret |
| Main Entry: | cite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | note, quote |
| Synonyms: | adduce, advance, allege, enumerate, evidence, excerpt, exemplify, extract, indicate, instance, lay, mention, name, number, offer, point out, present, recite, recount, reference, rehearse, remember, reminisce, repeat, specify, spell out, tell, allude to, appeal to, get down to brass tacks, give as example, illustrate with, refer to |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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