Tell

/[tʰɔː]/

Synonyms for "tell" (407 found)

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Closest matches (82)

acknowledge acquaint admit advertiseadvertise ofadvise affect air allegorizeamount to somethingannounce apprise approve argue articulate ascertain assert asseverate attest aver

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babble bare barrowbe effectivebe featuredbe influentialbe persuasivebe prominentbe somebodybe somethingberate bespeak betoken betray bid blab breakbreak it tobreak the newsbreathe briefbring outbring to lightbring wordbroadcastcall offcall overcall the rollcarry weightcastigate censure census chargechew outchide chimechime inchorus chronicle cite cluecome home tocome out withcommand communicate confess confideconfide toconfirm connote contend convey countcut icecut some ice

Verb(4 words)

apprise assure communicates count

Noun(3 words)

chronicle findingscommunication form stylecue

Strong matches (122)

declare delineate deliver demonstrate denote depict describe determine dictate differentiate direct discern disclose discover discriminate display disseminate distinguish divulgate divulge

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emit enjoin enlighten enumerate enunciate evidence evince evulgate exhibit explain express fable fabulize familiarize fictionalize fillfill infling offfoliate forecast foresee foretell formulatefurnish evidenceget acrossget overget top billinggivegive a reportgive awaygive expressiongive indication ofgive noticegive outgive out withgive the factsgive tidings ofgive tonguegive utterancegive vent togive voicegive wordgo to showhand onhavehave an inhave full playhave influencehave personalityhave pullherald hillockhint athithit the markhump identify illustrate impart imply import impressimpress forciblyindicate inform instruct intimate involve knowknow againleakleave wordlecturelet get aroundlet in onlet knowlet onlet outlet sliplip

Noun(14 words)

differentiate disclose discriminate distinguish earthworkemergency policy relatedgiveaways hillinarticulately whisperedindication indicator inform informing intimates

Verb(7 words)

differentiate distinguish divulges enjoin evidence informsinstruct learners

Adjective(1 words)

fabled

Related words (203)

make an impressionmake knownmake outmanifest mark matter measure mentionmention tomilitate mound mouth mythicize mythify mythologize nail narrate notify novelize number

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numerate orderout withoutline page paginate passpass alongpass onpeach peg perceive phonate phrase placepoint topoll portray postpour forthpredict present proclaim pronounce prophesy publish putput forthput in wordsquantify quantize raise rat realize rebukerecall knowledge ofrecite recognize recountrefer torehearse reidentify relate release render report reprimand reproach reprove require retell reveal rock romance rumorrun oversay scold sendsend wordserve noticeset forthshareshare withshowshow signs ofsignal signalize signify singsink insmite sound speakspeak for itselfspeak volumesspillspill the beansspin spot squeak squealstand outstar state storify strikestrike hardstrike homesuggest swear symptomatizetake to tasktale talk tally tattletattle ontell a storytell offtell ontend to showthrow offthrow outtick offtouch ontransfer transmit traumatize trumpet tumulus uncover understandunfold a taleunveil utter vent ventilate verbalize verse vocalize voice warn weigh whisper wordwrite up

Verb(25 words)

make knownnarrate narrated narrates number order recite recited recount relating reminisces revealed saith say secern secernate separate severalise severalizeshare news

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snitch spake state tattletell apart

Noun(30 words)

more sharedmound narratingnarrative accountnarrative featureoutpresent informationrecognizerecount itemsrecounting recounts relaterelates to issuereport resultsreveal saysettlement moundshares sharing signal

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state tattletales tel telegraphingtell someone abouttelltale uttervolunteer workyarn yarns

Adjective(1 words)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

28 entries

affirmarchaeological featureassert aver avow cognition communication earthwork expressgive tongue toguess identify indicator infer informinformation transfer

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More specific

12 entries

behavioral tellbronze age telldiscriminate distinguish identify inform narrateneolithic tellnotifypoker tellrelate reveal

Collocations

12 entries

archaeological tellbehavioral tellbronze age tellpoker telltell a lietell a storytell moundtell sitetell someone abouttell the differencetell the truthtell time

Inflections

3 entries

telling tells told

Derivations

6 entries

retell tellable teller telling tellingly telltale

similar

1 entries

say

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)

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