tell - English Synonyms Dictionary

tell

v.
[1] relate , narrate , recount , recite
[2] tell of , state , say , say , mention , hint at , refer to , touch on , utter , state , declare , proclaim , announce , publish , broadcast , communicate , make known , report , impart , indicate , release , break , let (something) be known , advertise , trumpet , herald , bring to light , disclose , divulge , intimate , leak , admit , betray , acknowledge , confess , disbosom oneself , get (something) off (one's) chest , unburden/disburden (oneself) , blab , tattle , (Colloq) talk , let the cat out of the bag , spill the beans , let out , let slip , blow the whistle on , give away the (whole) show , (US) pull the plug on , (Slang) squeal , squeak , rat , peach , (US) spill (one's) guts
[3] apprise , advise , inform , let (someone) know , notify , acquaint (someone) with (something)
[4] recount , narrate , recount , describe , delineate , recite , outline , portray , depict , express , put , word , explain
[5] order , order , enjoin , command , require , say , demand (that) , charge , direct , dictate (that) , instruct , bid
[6] carry weight , be influential , be effective , have (an) effect
[7] determine , assure , say , confirm , aver , assert , asseverate , swear , take an oath , be sure/certain/positive , know (for sure/for certain)
[8] ascertain , evidence , determine , perceive , understand , make out , discern , identify , recognize , distinguish , discriminate , differentiate
[9] predict , distinguish , separate , prophesy , forecast , differentiate , secern , foretell , foresee , secernate , severalize , forecast , determine , severalise , tell apart , ascertain , know
[10] tell off , scold , reprimand , berate , chide , castigate , censure , take to task , rebuke , lecture , reproach , reprove , (Colloq) give (someone) a tongue-lashing , rake/haul (someone) over the coals , give (someone) a piece of (one's) mind , tick off , (Slang) tear a strip off , (US) chew out
[11] tell on , tattle on , blab about , (Brit) grass on
n.
[1] William Tell