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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
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
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
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
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
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*
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
Main Entry: bid
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: say
Synonyms: call, greet, tell, wish
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
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
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