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notify

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of notify

to tell (someone) officially about something

She notified the police about the accident.

Customers were notified of the changes in the company.

I was notified that I did not get the job.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of notify

advise, apprise, hand down, inform

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

bark, call (off or out), cry

bill, billboard, bulletin, gazette [chiefly British]

knell, ring, toll

blurb, feature, pitch, plug, promote, puff

disseminate, spread

disclose, divulge, introduce, kithe [chiefly Scottish], manifest, report, reveal, show

communicate, impart, intimate

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of notify

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

recall, recant, retract, revoke

Synonym Discussion of notify

inform, acquaint, apprise, notify mean to make one aware of something. inform implies the imparting of knowledge especially of facts or occurrences.

- informed us of the crisis

acquaint lays stress on introducing to or familiarizing with.

- acquaint yourself with the keyboard

apprise implies communicating something of special interest or importance.

- keep us apprised of the situation

notify implies sending notice of something requiring attention or demanding action.

- notified the witness when to appear

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