Tell

/[tʰɔː]/

Synonyms for "tell" (365 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Strong matches (110)

chronicle cite clue come home to come out with command communicate confess confide confide to confirm connote contend convey cut ice cut some ice declare delineate deliver demonstrate

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Verb(11 words)

differentiate dime dime out disclose discuss distinguish enjoin evidence finger grass grass up

Noun(1 words)

giveaway

Related words (182)

indicate inform instruct intimate involve know know again leak leave word lecture let get around let in on let know let on let out let slip lip make an impression make known make out

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manifest mark matter measure mention mention to militate mound mouth mythicize mythify mythologize nail notify novelize number numerate out with outline page paginate pass pass along pass on peach peg perceive phonate phrase place point to poll portray post pour forth predict present proclaim pronounce prophesy publish put put forth put in words quantify quantize raise rat realize rebuke recall knowledge of recite recognize refer to rehearse reidentify relate release render report reprimand reproach reprove require retell reveal rock romance rumor run over say scold send send word serve notice set forth share share with show show signs of signal signalize signify sing sink in smite sound speak speak for itself speak volumes spill spill the beans spin spot squeak squeal stand out star storify strike strike hard strike home suggest swear symptomatize take to task tale talk tally tattle tattle on tell a story tell off tell on tend to show throw off throw out tick off touch on transfer transmit traumatize trumpet tumulus uncover understand unfold a tale unveil utter vent ventilate verbalize verse vocalize voice warn weigh whisper william tell word write up

Verb(20 words)

make known name names nark number order rat out recite relate say secern secernate separate severalise severalize snitch state tattle tell apart tell on turn in

Noun(1 words)

relation

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

18 entries

affirm assert aver avow express give tongue to guess identify infer inform place request swan swear utter verbalise

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Antonyms

1 entries

ask

Synonyms

11 entries

advise assure count disclose distinguish grass up narrate order recount state william tell

Related terms

2 entries

Tell el-Muqayyar dead giveaway

derived

103 entries

I can tell you I tell a lie I tell you I tell you what I'll tell you I'll tell you what I'm not telling you I'm telling a lie I'm telling you Tell City William Tell a little bird told me all told as far as one can tell betell can you tell us

Showing 16 of 103 words.

has context

4 entries

archaeology authorship childish internet

manner of

2 entries

guess inform

related to

45 entries

account bead chat room convey count dead giveaway direct discern distinguish enumerate expository give give information identify inform information

Showing 16 of 45 words.

similar

1 entries

say

Translations

246 translations across 93 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

sê verb (to pass information)
vertel verb (to pass information)

Albanian

2 entries

rrëfej verb (to pass information)
them verb (to pass information)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

λέγω verb (to pass information)

Arabic

4 entries

أَخْبَرَ verb (to pass information)
حَكَّى verb (to pass information)
قال verb (to pass information)
قال verb (to pass information)

Armenian

2 entries

ասել verb (to pass information)
պատմել verb (to pass information)

Assamese

1 entries

ক verb (to pass information)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

demək verb (to pass information)

Bashkir

4 entries

айырыу verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)
белеү verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)
күреү verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)
тейеү verb (to instruct)

Belarusian

3 entries

гавары́ць verb (to pass information)
каза́ць verb (to pass information)
сказа́ць verb (to pass information)

Bengali

1 entries

বলা verb (to pass information)

Bulgarian

4 entries

нареждам verb (to instruct)
разка́звам verb (to pass information)
различавам verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)
ука́звам verb (to instruct)

Burmese

1 entries

ပြော verb (to pass information)

Catalan

4 entries

adonar-se verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)
conèixer verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)
dir verb (to pass information)
dir verb (to instruct)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

告訴 /告诉 verb (to pass information)
說 /说 verb (to pass information)

Church Slavic

2 entries

говорити verb (to pass information)
рещи verb (to pass information)

Cornish

2 entries

lawl verb (to pass information)
leverel verb (to pass information)

Czech

3 entries

hovořit verb (to pass information)
říci verb (to pass information)
říkat verb (to pass information)

Danish

4 entries

afgøre verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)
afsige verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)
fortælle verb (to pass information)
instruere verb (to instruct)

Dutch

4 entries

instrueren verb (to instruct)
vertellen verb (to pass information)
vertellen verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)
zeggen verb (to pass information)

Emilian

1 entries

dîr verb (to pass information)

Esperanto

1 entries

distingi verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)

Estonian

1 entries

ütlema verb (to pass information)

Finnish

4 entries

kertoa verb (to pass information)
käskeä verb (to instruct)
määrätä verb (to instruct)
sanoa verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)

French

4 entries

tell noun (A hill or mound)
dire verb (to pass information)
dire verb (to instruct)
se voir verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)

Georgian

1 entries

თქმა verb (to pass information)

German

4 entries

erkennen verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)
erklären verb (to instruct)
erzählen verb (to pass information)
mitteilen verb (to pass information)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍉𐌽 verb (to pass information)

Greek

3 entries

καταλαβαίνω verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)
λέω verb (to pass information)
λέω verb (to instruct)

Hebrew

4 entries

אָמַר verb (to pass information)
אָמַר verb (to instruct)
הִגִּיד verb (to pass information)
הִגִּיד verb (to instruct)

Hindi

1 entries

कहना verb (to pass information)

Hungarian

3 entries

elmond verb (to pass information)
megmond verb (to instruct)
megmond verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)

Icelandic

1 entries

segja verb (to pass information)

Indonesian

1 entries

kata verb (to pass information)

Irish

2 entries

abair le verb (to pass information)
abair le verb (to instruct)

Italian

4 entries

tell noun (A hill or mound)
dire verb (to pass information)
insegnare verb (to instruct)
notare verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)

Japanese

4 entries

おっしゃる verb (to pass information)
分かる verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)
判る verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)
教える verb (to pass information)

Javanese

1 entries

kandha verb (to pass information)

Kambera

1 entries

paní verb (to pass information)

Kashmiri

3 entries

بوزناوُن verb (to pass information)
دَپُن verb (to pass information)
وَنُن verb (to pass information)

Kashubian

1 entries

rzec verb (to pass information)

Kazakh

2 entries

айту verb (to pass information)
деу verb (to pass information)

Khmer

2 entries

ថា verb (to pass information)
និយាយ verb (to pass information)

Korean

3 entries

말씀하다 verb (to pass information)
말하다 verb (to pass information)
알리다 verb (to pass information)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

айтуу verb (to pass information)

Lao

2 entries

ກ່າວ verb (to pass information)
ບອກ verb (to pass information)

Latin

4 entries

tell noun (A hill or mound)
doceo verb (to instruct)
memoro verb (to pass information)
narrō verb (to pass information)

Latvian

1 entries

stāstīt verb (to pass information)

Lithuanian

2 entries

pasakyti verb (to pass information)
sakyti verb (to pass information)

Lombard

1 entries

dì verb (to pass information)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

wulicowaś verb (to pass information)
wulicyś verb (to pass information)

Macedonian

4 entries

каже verb (to pass information)
кажува verb (to pass information)
кажува verb (to instruct)
разликува verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)

Malay

1 entries

kata verb (to pass information)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡥᡝᠨᡩᡠᠮᠪᡳ verb (to pass information)

Marathi

1 entries

सांगणे verb (to pass information)

Mongolian

1 entries

хэлэх verb (to pass information)

Mòcheno

1 entries

learnen verb (to instruct)

Nepali

1 entries

भन्नु verb (to pass information)

Norman

2 entries

dithe verb (to pass information)
dithe verb (to instruct)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

gotin verb (to pass information)

Northern Sami

3 entries

bagadallat verb (to instruct)
muitalit verb (to pass information)
máinnastit verb (to pass information)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

fortelle verb (to pass information)
si verb (to pass information)

Old English

2 entries

secgan verb (to pass information)
tōcnāwan verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)

Pashto

1 entries

اظهارول verb (to pass information)

Persian

1 entries

گُفْتَن verb (to pass information)

Pitcairn-Norfolk

1 entries

tull verb (to pass information)

Polish

4 entries

tall noun (A hill or mound)
tell noun (A hill or mound)
mówić verb (to pass information)
powiedzieć verb (to pass information)

Portuguese

4 entries

tell noun (A hill or mound)
contar verb (to pass information)
dizer verb (to pass information)
dizer verb (to instruct)

Romanian

2 entries

spune verb (to pass information)
zice verb (to pass information)

Russian

4 entries

телль noun (A hill or mound)
говори́ть verb (to pass information)
говори́ть verb (to instruct)
отлича́ть verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)

Sanskrit

1 entries

गदति verb (to pass information)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

innis verb (to pass information)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

govòriti verb (to pass information)
kázati verb (to pass information)
rȅći verb (to pass information)
гово̀рити verb (to pass information)

Slovak

4 entries

hovoriť verb (to pass information)
povedať verb (to pass information)
povedať verb (to instruct)
povedať verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)

Slovene

1 entries

reči verb (to pass information)

Spanish

4 entries

tell noun (A hill or mound)
contar verb (to pass information)
darse cuenta verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)
decir verb (to pass information)

Swedish

4 entries

avgöra verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)
berätta verb (to pass information)
säga verb (to pass information)
säga verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)

Tagalog

1 entries

sabihin verb (to pass information)

Tajik

1 entries

гуфтан verb (to pass information)

Tatar

2 entries

дияргә verb (to pass information)
әйтергә verb (to pass information)

Thai

3 entries

กล่าว verb (to pass information)
บอก verb (to pass information)
พูด verb (to pass information)

Tocharian B

2 entries

we verb (to pass information)
āks verb (to pass information)

Turkish

2 entries

demek verb (to pass information)
söylemek verb (to pass information)

Turkmen

2 entries

aýtmak verb (to pass information)
diýmek verb (to pass information)

Tày

1 entries

cạ verb (to pass information)

Ukrainian

4 entries

відрізни́ти verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)
відрізня́ти verb (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)
говори́ти verb (to pass information)
каза́ти verb (to pass information)

Urdu

1 entries

کَہْنا verb (to pass information)

Uyghur

2 entries

ئېيتماق verb (to pass information)
دېمەك verb (to pass information)

Uzbek

3 entries

aytmoq verb (to pass information)
demoq verb (to pass information)
gapirmoq verb (to pass information)

Vietnamese

3 entries

bảo verb (to pass information)
kể verb (to pass information)
nói verb (to pass information)

West-Frisian

1 entries

fertelle verb (to pass information)

Yiddish

1 entries

זאָגן verb (to pass information)

Zealandic

1 entries

vertelle verb (to pass information)

Zhuang

1 entries

gangj verb (to pass information)

Sample sentences

43 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I can't tell her now. It's not that simple anymore.

Source: tatoeba (1370)

You wanted to tell me about freedom?

Source: tatoeba (1410)

If I wanted to scare you, I would tell you what I dreamt about a few weeks ago.

Source: tatoeba (1412)

"To tell you the truth, I am scared of heights." "You are a coward!"

Source: tatoeba (1511)

Showing 4 of 43 available sentences.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.

Tell

Synonyms for "tell" (365 found)

Closest matches (73)

Strong matches (110)

Related words (182)

Related word relations

More general

Antonyms

Synonyms

Related terms

derived

has context

manner of

related to

similar

Translations

Afrikaans

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Assamese

Azerbaijani

Bashkir

Belarusian

Bengali

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Chinese Mandarin

Church Slavic

Cornish

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Emilian

Esperanto

Estonian

Finnish

French

Georgian

German

Gothic

Greek

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Indonesian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Javanese

Kambera

Kashmiri

Kashubian

Kazakh

Khmer

Korean

Kyrgyz

Lao

Latin

Latvian

Lithuanian

Lombard

Lower Sorbian

Macedonian

Malay

Manchu

Marathi

Mongolian

Mòcheno

Nepali

Norman

Northern Kurdish

Northern Sami

Norwegian Bokmål

Old English

Pashto

Persian