TELL-ALL Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

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Definition of tell-all

as in intimate

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Noun

The rift widened in the wake of the couple’s explosive sit-down with Oprah Winfrey, their Netflix docuseries and Harry’s tell-all memoir. — Max Foster, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 The couple's decision to move back to Britain comes after a high-profile split and tell-all memoir. — Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2026 While prosecutors allege Davis’ tell-all memoir and interviews clearly implicate him, the defense insists Davis’ words were pure showmanship. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2026 As far as solo shows fashioned like family memoir go, this tell-all gives off loving warmth but could use just a bit more caffeine. — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tell-all

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tell-all

Adjective

The severing of an intimate relationship means giving up a vision of life together.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Now, more than fifty years later, his son David Greaves shares the intimate footage of this thrilling conversation.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of intimate

Noun

Julia Loktev’s continuing chronicle of a group of independent Russian journalists working for the now-rogue news channel TV Rain closes an important emotional loop with its second part, which is even longer than the five-plus-hour first part.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2026
The film picks up in 1940 after France’s defeat by the Nazis and chronicles de Gaulle’s efforts to show the Allies that France was still worth fighting for.

— Kate McKenna, semafor.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of chronicle

Adjective

His colorful mermaid costume catches the eyes of Carmela’s gossipy friends, as well as negative attention from other boys.

— Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
But the gossipy tidbits almost pale next to the eye-opening shadiness of some of the business strategies.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of gossipy

Noun

But in order to survive the woods, Murphy will have to dig deep into his wartime past and rely on his own skills and smarts to make out it out intact.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
The rapidly approaching future and vanishing past are all around her, which Horgan embodies beautifully in a brief but wrenching scene when Ruari first leaves for school.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of past

Adjective

That calculation can reveal a sizable amount of informal self-insurance that never received the same planning, funding or governance as other financial obligations.

— Randy Sadler, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Around 400 former students and leading industry professionals made the trek from Paris for a day of conferences and informal gatherings.

— Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of informal

Noun

The result is a strange, bewitching experiment in autobiography, in which there are no friendships or love affairs, just exquisite digressions on life-changing texts.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
But the novel makes its intentions clear in its opening lines, when the narrator reports having confessed an interest in writing M’s autobiography and M asking if the story would be entirely made up.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of autobiography

Noun

His long-ball total is tied for eighth in a season during the ballpark’s history and the most since Moisés Alou had 29 in 2004.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
The competition is separate from the Miss America pageant, which traces its history to a 1921 event in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

— Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of history

Noun

First Freud’s patient in the 1920s, in 1930 Bullitt also became his collaborator, co-writing a dubious psychobiography of Woodrow Wilson.

— Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2022
And so, duly catering to the market, the book is presented as a psychobiography of the author’s uncle, whose military academy class photo adorns the cover.

— Anne Diebel, The New York Review of Books, 8 Sep. 2020

Definition of psychobiography

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