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

More than 70 people who bought, owned or were recorded with smart glasses have sued the company, alleging in one lawsuit filed this year that intimate images were exposed to contract workers tasked with training artificial intelligence.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss.

— Isabelle Farina, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of intimate

Noun

Juan Angel, who went on to build a successful landscaping business, struggled with alcoholism, which Rivera chronicles in this narrative that does not shy away from the role addiction played in the life and death of his role model.

— Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
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

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

In years past, department statistics showed at least a third of all police shootings involved someone with obvious signs of emotional distress.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
The evening was a fitting toast to the shoe maestro, who celebrated his past, present and future alongside an adoring Milan Fashion Week crowd and influential actresses and models, including Naomi Watts.

— Katie Abel, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of past

Adjective

Despite its informal format, the encounter carries considerable symbolic significance after decades of strained relations between Washington and Caracas.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
College football kickers have started communicating with each other through informal group chats and social media to negotiate contracts, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of informal

Noun

Ever since 1994’s Little Odessa, James Gray has been chronicling the lives of New York’s outer-borough residents in films that crossbreed autobiography with genre.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
In his autobiography, Olivier admits to feeling guilt and self-loathing over the red-hot affair, especially since his wife was pregnant with their son Tarquin.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of autobiography

Noun

Scotto’s able to watch customers enjoy dishes rooted in his family’s history—including Grandma’s Potato Croquettes—while employees make money and a brand his family owns continues to grow.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
Gray has a long history with the festival, having closed it with The Lost City of Z and marked its anniversary with a special screening of Armageddon Time.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 26 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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