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annunciate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of annunciate

to make known openly or publicly
  • The politician annunciated her plan to run for higher office.
Synonyms of annunciate

advertise, announce, blare, blaze, blazon, broadcast, declare, enunciate, flash, give out, herald, placard, post, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, release, sound, trumpet
Words Related to annunciate

bark, call (off or out), cry

bill, billboard, bulletin

knell, ring, toll

blurb, feature, pitch, plug, promote, puff

disseminate, spread

disclose, divulge, introduce, manifest, report, reveal, show

advise, apprise, hand down, inform, notify

communicate, impart, intimate
Phrases Synonymous with annunciate

beat the drum (for or about), run with
Near Antonyms of annunciate

conceal, hush (up), silence, suppress, withhold

recall, recant, retract, revoke

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