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told - 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: | manifest |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clear, obvious |
| Synonyms: | apparent, bold, clear-cut*, conspicuous, distinct, evident, glaring, noticeable, open, palpable, patent, plain, prominent, shown, straightforward, unambiguous, unmistakable, visible, big as life, crystal clear, disclosed, divulged, evidenced, evinced, revealed, told |
| Antonyms: | ambiguous, concealed, obscure, unclear, vague |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | numbered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | limited in number |
| Synonyms: | doomed, fated, fixed, included, indicated, marked, specified, categorized, checked, contained, counted, designated, enumerated, told, totalled |
| Antonyms: | infinite, unlimited, unnumbered |
| Main Entry: | oral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spoken |
| Synonyms: | articulate, phonetic, related, said, unwritten, uttered, verbal, vocal, voiced, ejaculatory, lingual, narrated, phonated, phonic, recounted, sonant, sounded, told, viva voce, word-of-mouth |
| Antonyms: | printed, written |
| Main Entry: | spoken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | by word of mouth |
| Synonyms: | announced, articulate, mentioned, oral, phonetic, said, traditional, unwritten, uttered, verbal, voiced, communicated, expressed, lingual, phonic, put into words, sonant, told, viva voce |
| Antonyms: | heard, written |
| Main Entry: | verbal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spoken |
| Synonyms: | exact, literal, oral, rhetorical, said, stated, unwritten, verbatim, expressed, lexical, lingual, phrasal, told, word-for-word*, word-of-mouth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | announced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made widely known |
| Synonyms: | broadcast, declared, issued, released, reported, circulated, communicated, declared publicly, disclosed, divulged, made public, publicized, revealed, told |
| Antonyms: | hidden, unannounced, suppressed |
| Main Entry: | explained |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made clear |
| Synonyms: | interpreted, related, elucidated, told |
| Main Entry: | mentioned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | noticed |
| Synonyms: | considered, declared, named, quoted, specified, suggested, voiced, brought up, cited, communicated, discussed, intimated, made known, referred to, revealed, spoken of, told |
| Main Entry: | professed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | avowed |
| Synonyms: | acknowledged, announced, declared, pledged, stated, told |
| Main Entry: | rumored |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reported |
| Synonyms: | broadcast, circulating, prevailing, reputed, reputed, rife, said, all over town, bruited, given out, going around*, gossiped, told |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spoken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uttered |
| Synonyms: | announced, articulate, mentioned, oral, phonetic, said, unwritten, verbal, voiced, communicated, expressed, lingual, told |
| Main Entry: | stated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | established |
| Synonyms: | certain, declared, fixed, regular, settled, told |
| Main Entry: | legendary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fictitious but well known |
| Synonyms: | allegorical, apocryphal, customary, doubtful, dubious, fabled, fabulous, fanciful, imaginary, imaginative, improbable, mythical, related, romantic, storied, traditional, unreal, created, fabricated, figmental, handed-down, invented, mythological, told, unhistoric, unhistorical, unverifiable |
| Antonyms: | factual, real, true |
| Main Entry: | warned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | made aware |
| Synonyms: | advised, informed, cautioned, notified, told |
| 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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