LETTING ON (ABOUT) Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

letting on (about)

verb

present participle of let on (about)

as in disclosing

to make known (as information previously kept secret) we agreed not to let on about our marriage plans to anyone

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The drug was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in March, so the company isn't disclosing exact revenue figures.

— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
It’s led creatives to walk a tricky line between the wish to experiment with AI and the havoc disclosing its use can wreak.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of disclosing

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Soon after, Mercury in Scorpio quincunxes Saturn in Aries, revealing where our words, assumptions, or plans do not quite fit the reality in front of us.

— Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026
But the box factory, a commercial condo, was unique in both its openness to testing and revealing the findings to the public.

— Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of revealing

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There’s a lot more competition now, especially with the celebrity beauty brands and the indie or niche brands that are blowing up on TikTok, which is a super popular platform for discovering new beauty products.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Lu began searching about a year before filming, eventually discovering Wang, a boy of Taiwanese and Italian heritage, through a social media account run by his mother.

— Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of discovering

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In July, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham brought the debate to the WNBA, telling ESPN trans women shouldn’t be allowed to play in the league.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2026
Firms in Riyadh were telling their employees to work from home tomorrow, and people have been spooked for weeks.

— Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of telling

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The book covers an enormous chunk of British screen history (1896 to 2001), with each chapter uncovering and illuminating the careers of early Black screen pioneers.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
OpenAI solved the million-dollar problem by uncovering a flaw in the equations.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of uncovering

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