Synonyms of told

told 1 of 2

adjective

as in said

Synonyms & Similar Words

• said
• stated
• sounded
• voiced
• pronounced
• given
• articulated
• verbalized
• spoken
• consensual
• unwritten
• informal
• word-of-mouth
• implicit
• oral
• verbal
• nuncupative
• viva voce

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• written
• explicit
• paper
• formal

• written
• explicit
• paper
• formal

told

2 of 2

verb

past tense of tell

1

as in described

to give an oral or written account of in some detail

they told the story of how they had met

Synonyms & Similar Words

• described
• recounted
• chronicled
• reported
• narrated
• related
• recited
• stated
• set forth
• depicted
• detailed
• charted
• rehearsed
• revealed
• voiced
• uttered
• disclosed
• gave
• delivered
• exposed
• divulged
• enumerated
• expressed
• itemized
• sketched
• bared
• rendered
• reeled off
• delineated
• let on (about)
• particularized

2

as in talked

to express (a thought or emotion) in words

just tell us what is in your heart

Synonyms & Similar Words

• said
• talked
• spoke
• uttered
• discussed
• stated
• shared
• announced
• shouted
• articulated
• published
• gave
• posted
• verbalized
• passed
• brought out
• enunciated
• voiced
• whispered
• put into words
• put
• looked
• affirmed
• proclaimed
• vocalized
• declared
• blurted
• sounded
• aired
• asserted
• commented
• advertised
• remarked
• alleged
• promulgated
• ventilated
• publicized
• averred
• murmured
• broadcast
• vented
• gasped
• breathed
• got off
• broadcasted
• drawled
• phrased
• bolted
• chirped
• blabbered
• formulated
• worded
• avowed
• purred
• blazed
• couched
• mouthed
• clothed
• clad
• snarled
• shot
• spouted
• spluttered
• avouched
• ripped (out)
• lipped
• formulized
• piped up (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppressed
• stifled

• suppressed
• stifled

3

as in counted

to find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added

who can tell the number of grains of sand in the world?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• counted
• computed
• checked
• calculated
• enumerated
• numbered
• added (up)
• recounted
• tabulated
• totalled
• totaled
• marked
• tallied
• reckoned
• tabled
• ticked (off)

4

as in informed

to give information to

tell me, when did you begin playing the violin?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• informed
• advised
• instructed
• briefed
• taught
• notified
• alerted
• acquainted
• apprised
• educated
• cleared
• enlightened
• versed
• convinced
• familiarized
• filled in
• caught up
• assured
• reassured
• lectured
• clued (in)
• let someone know
• advertised
• hipped
• kept (someone) posted
• announced (to)
• wised (up)
• disclosed (to)
• certified
• schooled
• warranted
• tutored
• disillusioned
• disenchanted
• disabused
• undeceived

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misled
• misinformed

• misled
• misinformed

5

as in instructed

to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority

told us to sit still and wait

Synonyms & Similar Words

• instructed
• ordered
• asked
• commanded
• begged
• advised
• warned
• directed
• enjoined
• requested
• charged
• bade
• bid
• appointed
• adjured
• petitioned
• required
• compelled
• forced
• bossed (around)
• authorized
• assigned
• commissioned
• beseeched
• besought
• counselled
• obliged
• entreated
• led
• counseled
• supervised
• managed
• constrained
• coerced
• conducted
• controlled
• superintended
• oversaw

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• observed
• followed
• kept
• obeyed
• minded
• complied (with)

• observed
• followed
• kept
• obeyed
• minded
• complied (with)

6

as in revealed

to make known (as information previously kept secret)

I won't tell your secret to anyone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• revealed
• disclosed
• discovered
• uncovered
• announced
• exposed
• shared
• divulged
• spilled
• confided
• brought to light
• unveiled
• spilt
• bared
• let on (about)
• unmasked
• went public (with)
• published
• proclaimed
• informed
• acknowledged
• declared
• let the cat out of the bag (about)
• unbosomed
• spilled the beans (about)
• confessed
• posted
• advertised
• admitted
• broadcasted
• talked
• uncloaked
• promulgated
• debunked
• blabbed
• unearthed
• communicated
• betrayed
• owned
• conceded
• publicized
• imparted
• showed up
• brought out
• broadcast
• unclothed
• leaked
• related
• sounded
• placarded
• squealed
• gave away
• blazed
• undraped
• avowed
• disinterred
• smoked out
• raked up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• covered (up)
• hid
• concealed
• masked
• veiled
• cloaked
• disguised
• shrouded
• camouflaged
• enshrouded
• whitewashed
• varnished
• obscured
• overshadowed
• glossed (over)
• gilded
• eclipsed
• shaded
• gilt
• clouded
• darkened
• overcast
• beclouded
• bedimmed
• befogged

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• covered (up)
• hid
• concealed
• masked
• veiled
• cloaked
• disguised
• shrouded
• camouflaged
• enshrouded
• whitewashed
• varnished
• obscured
• overshadowed
• glossed (over)
• gilded
• eclipsed
• shaded
• gilt
• clouded
• darkened
• overcast
• beclouded
• bedimmed
• befogged

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Phrases Containing told

• all told

• all told