Synonyms and Antonyms of tell

synonym (synonym of tell)

  • (noun.person)
    william tell
    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 compelle more.. (noun.person)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    say, state
    express in words (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    narrate, recite, recount
    narrate or give a detailed account of (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    enjoin, order, say
    give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    assure
    inform positively and with certainty and confidence (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    evidence
    give evidence (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell apart
    mark as different (verb.cognition)
     
  • (noun)
    rath
    A hill or mound. (noun)
     

also (also)

hypernym (tell IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • discern or comprehend (verb.cognition)
    guess, infer
    guess correctly; solve by guessing (verb.cognition)
     
  • express in words (verb.communication)
    express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize
    articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise (verb.communication)
     
  • give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority (verb.communication)
    request
    ask (a person) to do something (verb.communication)
     
  • inform positively and with certainty and confidence (verb.communication)
    affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify
    to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true (verb.communication)
     
  • let something be known (verb.communication)
    inform
    impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to (verb.communication)
     
  • mark as different (verb.cognition)
    identify, place
    recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something (verb.cognition)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF tell relation)

  • express in words (verb.communication)
    lay out, present, represent
    bring forward and present to the mind (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    misstate
    state something incorrectly (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    answer, reply, respond
    react verbally (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    introduce, precede, preface, premise
    furnish with a preface or introduction (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    announce, declare
    announce publicly or officially (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    articulate, enunciate, vocalise, vocalize
    express or state clearly (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    get out
    express with difficulty (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    declare
    state emphatically and authoritatively (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    mention, note, observe, remark
    make mention of (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    add, append, supply
    state or say further (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    explain
    define (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    give
    convey or reveal information (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    sum, sum up, summarise, summarize
    be a summary of (verb.stative)
     
  • give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority (verb.communication)
    direct
    command with authority (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    instruct
    give instructions or directions for some task (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    command, require
    make someone do something (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    call, send for
    order, request, or command to come (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    warn
    ask to go away (verb.communication)
     
  • let something be known (verb.communication)
    digress, divagate, stray, wander
    lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
    be a signal for or a symptom of (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap
    make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    spill, talk
    reveal information (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    air, bare, publicise, publicize
    make public (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell
    to say, state, or perform again (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    propagandise, propagandize
    subject to propaganda (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    announce, annunciate, foretell, harbinger, herald
    foreshadow or presage (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    give, impart, leave, pass on
    transmit (knowledge or skills) (verb.possession)
     
  • mark as different (verb.cognition)
    know
    be able to distinguish, recognize as being different (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    discriminate, know apart
    recognize or perceive the difference (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    label
    distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    sex
    tell the sex (of young chickens) (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    individualise, individualize
    make or mark or treat as individual (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    contrast
    put in opposition to show or emphasize differences (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    severalise, severalize
    distinguish or separate (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    contradistinguish
    distinguish by contrasting qualities (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    decouple, dissociate
    regard as unconnected (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    demarcate
    separate clearly, as if by boundaries (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.social)
    discriminate, separate, single out
    treat differently on the basis of sex or race (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    stratify
    divide society into social classes or castes (verb.social)
     
  • narrate or give a detailed account of (verb.communication)
    relate
    give an account of (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    crack
    tell spontaneously (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    yarn
    tell or spin a yarn (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    rhapsodise, rhapsodize
    recite a rhapsody (verb.communication)
     

instance hypernym (tell IS A KIND OF .... relation (represent specific [usually real-world] instances of something))

  • 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) (noun.person)
    archer, bowman
    a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow (noun.person)
     

entail (entailment relations of tell)

  • mark as different (verb.cognition)
    compare
    examine and note the similarities or differences of (verb.cognition)
     

verb group (tell is verb group of ....)

  • express in words (verb.communication)
    say
    state as one's opinion or judgement; declare (verb.communication)
     

derivation (.... is derived from tell)

  • (noun.communication)
    statement
    a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    affirmation, assertion, statement
    the act of affirming or asserting or stating something (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    apprisal, notification, telling
    informing by words (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.state)
    say
    the chance to speak (noun.state)
     
  • give evidence (verb.communication)
    evidence
    (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    singing, tattle, telling
    disclosing information or giving evidence about another (noun.communication)
     
  • give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority (verb.communication)
    decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript
    a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    order
    (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    injunction
    a formal command or admonition (noun.communication)
     
  • let something be known (verb.communication)
    narration, narrative, story, tale
    a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television more.. (noun.communication)
     
  • mark as different (verb.cognition)
    difference
    the quality of being unlike or dissimilar (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    differentiation, distinction
    a discrimination between things as different and distinct (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.event)
    departure, deviation, difference, divergence
    a variation that deviates from the standard or norm (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.person)
    differentiator, discriminator
    a person who (or that which) differentiates (noun.person)
     
  • narrate or give a detailed account of (verb.communication)
    narration
    (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    narration, recital, yarn
    the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    recital
    a detailed account or description of something (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    recounting, relation, telling
    an act of narration (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.person)
    narrator, storyteller, teller
    someone who tells a story (noun.person)
     
  • (adj.all)
    narrative
    consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story (adj.all)
     
synonym also hypernym hyponym instance hypernym entail verb group william tell say narrate recite enjoin order brush down tell off discern distinguish identify place guess infer request inform know discriminate label sex individualise individualize archer bowman compare say
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