Antonyms for tell
tɛltell

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1. tell

   To announce is to give intelligence of in some formal or public way. We may announce that which has occurred or that which is to occur, tho the word is chiefly used in the anticipative sense; we announce a book when it is in press, a guest when he arrives. We advertise our business, communicate our intentions, enunciate our views; we notify an individual, give notice to the public. Declare has often an authoritative force; to declare war is to cause war to be, where before there may have been only hostilities; we say declare war, proclaim peace. We propound a question or an argument, promulgate the views of a sect or party, or the decision of a court, etc. We report an interview, reveal a secret, herald the coming of some distinguished person or great event. Publish, in popular usage, is becoming closely restricted to the sense of issuing through the press; we announce a book that is to be published.

   Antonyms:
   bury, conceal, cover (up), hide, hush, keep back, keep secret, secrete, suppress, withhold

   Synonyms:
   advertise, announce, circulate, communicate, declare, enunciate, give notice (of), give out, herald, make known, notify, proclaim, promulgate, propound, publish, report, reveal, say, spread abroad, state

   Preposition:
   The event was announced to the family by telegraph.

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1. tell

   Antonyms:
   repress, suppress, misrecount, misnarrate, miscommunicate, misdeclare, misrecite, misjudge, misdescribe

   Synonyms:
   mention, number, enumerate, count, recount, utter, recite, state, narrate, disclose, publish, betray, divulge, promulgate, acquaint, teach, inform, explain, communicate, report, rehearse, discern, judge, discriminate, ascertain, decide, describe

Matched Categories

1. • Affirm
   • Express
   • Guess
   • Identify
   • Inform
   • Request

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1. Tell, William Tellverb

   a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)

2. state, say, tellverb

   express in words

   "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"

   Synonyms:
   enunciate, express, sound out, aver, recite, enounce, distinguish, recount, secern, state, say, narrate, evidence, suppose, submit, articulate, assure, put forward, posit, severalise, separate, pronounce, enjoin, severalize, secernate, allege, read, tell apart, differentiate, order

3. tellverb

   let something be known

   "Tell them that you will be late"

   Synonyms:
   distinguish, recite, differentiate, say, recount, state, narrate, evidence, assure, severalise, enjoin, severalize, secernate, secern, tell apart, separate, order

4. tell, narrate, recount, reciteverb

   narrate or give a detailed account of

   "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"

   Synonyms:
   distinguish, recite, itemise, differentiate, say, recount, state, narrate, evidence, retell, assure, itemize, severalise, declaim, enjoin, severalize, secernate, secern, tell apart, separate, order, enumerate

5. order, tell, enjoin, sayverb

   give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

   "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"

   Synonyms:
   tell apart, distinguish, dictate, suppose, place, ordain, put, differentiate, read, pronounce, range, enjoin, enounce, enunciate, evidence, regulate, state, assure, say, govern, severalize, arrange, separate, regularize, severalise, ordinate, regularise, grade, aver, articulate, secern, set up, allege, rank, consecrate, rate, recite, narrate, recount, sound out, prescribe, order, secernate

6. tellverb

   discern or comprehend

   "He could tell that she was unhappy"

   Synonyms:
   distinguish, recite, differentiate, say, recount, state, narrate, evidence, assure, severalise, enjoin, severalize, secernate, secern, tell apart, separate, order

7. assure, tellverb

   inform positively and with certainty and confidence

   "I tell you that man is a crook!"

   Synonyms:
   tell apart, ensure, reassure, state, say, severalize, recount, control, narrate, promise, enjoin, check, guarantee, secern, differentiate, severalise, separate, recite, ascertain, assure, secernate, see to it, distinguish, insure, order, evidence, secure, see

8. tell, evidenceverb

   give evidence

   "he was telling on all his former colleague"

   Synonyms:
   distinguish, demonstrate, recite, certify, differentiate, testify, say, recount, prove, state, bear witness, narrate, evidence, assure, severalise, enjoin, severalize, secernate, secern, tell apart, separate, order, manifest, show, attest

9. distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apartverb

   mark as different

   "We distinguish several kinds of maple"

   Synonyms:
   tell apart, distinguish, classify, discriminate, spot, mark, differentiate, sort, signalise, enjoin, split up, key out, evidence, break up, divide, come apart, single out, part, state, pick out, order, carve up, key, severalize, split, assure, speciate, separate, fall apart, severalise, furcate, dissever, signalize, assort, specialize, recount, class, identify, make out, specialise, branch, discern, secern, recognize, recite, name, disunite, recognise, narrate, describe, break, sort out, ramify, fork, discover, secernate, say

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1. tellverb

   Antonyms:
   suppress, reserve, withhold, forbear

   Synonyms:
   mention, recount, relate, narrate, enumerate, advise, inform, recite, disclose, bruit, divulge, proclaim, expose, apprise, peach, communicate, acquaint, notify, reveal, discern

How to use tell in a sentence?

1. Kyle Porter:

   It's a very relationship-driven business, we always run that risk : If I cut off the service, will they tell me to fly a kite and never pay off my bill ?

2. Chief Executive Officer Sharon Mates:

   It's too soon to tell what we're going to do in terms of new studies, if we'll do new studies. We do have the adjunctive study that we'll be reading out in the near future. So we'll see what the FDA has to say.

3. Richard Grenell:

   We've just spent a year where parents across the country and I can tell you parents in California have watched their kids be taught through Zoom school. And what that really meant is parents had a peek into the classroom. They're outraged as to what's being taught, and parents of all stripes are literally trying to say 'how do we upend education. How do we make sure that it's not just government run schools. We have to have school choice.

4. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

   The list of people invited to meet with the president in Cuba in non-negotiable, i would not be surprised if there are people on that list that the Cuban government prefer we not meet with ... but I can tell you the president is going to move forward in those meetings and have a conversation about human rights.

5. Washington University Kim:

   We tell our patients to act like the vaccine is not going to work as well as it does for their family and friends, this is very frustrating news to them.

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