Synonyms of told

told 1 of 2

adjective

as in said

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• 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
• 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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of told

Verb

Documents said that same day, someone from the foster home told the original Pembroke Pines Police Department investigating officer Goldbourne was planning to come back and meet with another underage girl. — Kairi Lowery, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

Gerardo Salcedo, the son of the business owner, told ABC7 that investigators had obtained surveillance video that showed a man on a bicycle putting a bottle through the mail slot minutes before the fire ignited. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

Despite the change in leadership, Homeland Security officials have repeatedly told lawmakers that body cameras would be distributed across the country. — Holmes Lybrand, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

On Tuesday after the meeting, Krause told the Star-Telegram that his office is committed to getting answers about the four deaths that took place since the June meeting. — Mary Ella Hastings, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026

The victim was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries but is in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries, the Mesa Police Department told PEOPLE. — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026

And about hope -- so many people told us after Flight 1549, that the outcome gave them hope. — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 14 July 2026

Former Boise Airport Director Rebecca Hupp previously told the Statesman that getting the nonstop service to Hawaii was a key priority for the airport. — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2026

How to get a lower rate Berner told CNBC Select that timing the market is a fool's errand. — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 8 July 2026

Phrases Containing told

• all told