Synonyms of confessed

confessed

verb

past tense of confess

1

as in admitted

to make an acknowledgment of something unpleasant as true or valid

the thief confessed to dozens of robberies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• admitted
• owned (up)
• talked
• copped (to)
• fessed (up)
• spilled
• tattled
• blabbed
• babbled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shut up
• hushed
• quieted (down)
• clammed up

2

as in acknowledged

to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly

political prisoners, under threat of torture, forced to confess their guilt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• admitted
• acknowledged
• conceded
• agreed
• announced
• revealed
• granted
• disclosed
• owned (up to)
• recognized
• allowed
• confirmed
• told
• said
• came clean (about)
• affirmed
• declared
• fessed (up)
• professed
• accepted
• proclaimed
• unloaded
• published
• talked
• informed
• warned
• avowed
• betrayed
• exposed
• whispered
• communicated
• divulged
• spilled
• unveiled
• yielded
• imparted
• disburdened
• unburdened
• breathed
• leaked
• blabbed
• tipped (off)
• broadcast
• squealed
• tattled
• ratted
• broke
• gave away
• wised (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denied
• disclaimed
• disavowed
• disallowed
• contradicted
• disowned
• rejected
• disputed
• refuted
• repudiated
• rebutted
• covered (up)
• negated
• hid
• concealed
• obscured
• negatived
• veiled
• gainsaid
• kidded (oneself)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of confessed

On Friday, Wardlaw confessed to the stabbing, Ada County Deputy Prosecutor Robert Bleazard said. — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2026

Sochor confessed to the crime, but her body has never been found − still a torment to her family. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 11 July 2026

And a Ukrainian intelligence officer who initially confessed to killing her, according to prosecutors, but now denies it. — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 11 July 2026

Gacy confessed to four more murders, of victims whose bodies were found in waterways south of Chicago. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026

Irina and Raskova will enjoy a long, successful professional collaboration, purging Star City of traitors and threats and bringing down Petrovsky in a plot that leads to his ending his life in ignominy, having confessed to crimes against the state. — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 10 July 2026

Ruth Greenglass confessed to being a courier at Los Alamos and never spent a single night in jail. — Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026

Michalski vanished after a night of clubbing in central Budapest; security footage led police to the suspect, who confessed and was convicted of murder without possibility of parole. — Associate Press, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

After months of silence, the doctor confessed last month to killing a dozen seriously ill patients during home visits, dpa reported. — ABC News, 8 July 2026