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reveal
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disclose, tell |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, admit, affirm, announce, avow, betray, break the news, bring out into open, bring to light, broadcast, come out with, communicate, concede, confess, declare, divulge, explain, expose, get out of system, give away, give out, give the low-down, impart, inform, leak, let cat out of the bag, let fall, let on, let out, let slip, make known, make plain, make public, notify, proclaim, publish, put cards on table, report, talk, tell, unfold, utter |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, suppress |
| Main Entry: | acquaint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inform oneself or another about something new |
| Synonyms: | accustom, advise, apprise, bring out, clue, come out with, disclose, divulge, enlighten, familiarize, fill in, fix up, get together*, habituate, inform, intro, introduce, knock down, let know, make familiar, notify, post, present, reveal, tell, warn |
| Antonyms: | conceal, deceive, falsify, hide, hold back, mislead, misrepresent, withhold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | admit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confess, acknowledge |
| Synonyms: | accept, accord, acquiesce, adopt, affirm, agree, allow, approve, avow, bare, bring to light, communicate, concede, concur, confide, confirm, consent, cop a plea, credit, declare, disclose, divulge, enumerate, expose, go into details, grant, indicate, let, let on, make known, narrate, number, open up, own, own up, permit, proclaim, profess, recite, recognize, relate, reveal, spill*, subscribe to, talk, tell, tolerate, uncover, unveil, yield |
| Notes: | with admit, the acknowledgment of something being true applies to one's own sphere of conduct, whereas with concede the acknowledgment applies to another's; admit implies reluctance to disclose, grant, or concede and refers usually to facts rather than their implications |
| Antonyms: | confute, deny, dispute, dissent, gainsay, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | advertise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | publicize for the purpose of selling or causing one to want |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advance, advise, announce, apprise, ballyhoo, beat the drum for, bill, blazon, boost*, build up, circularize, communicate, declare, disclose, display, divulge, drum, endorse, exhibit, expose, flaunt, get on soapbox for, hard sell, herald, hype*, inform, make a pitch, make known, notify, pitch, plug, press agent, proclaim, promote, promulgate, puff, push, put on the map, reveal, show, soft sell, splash*, sponsor, spot, tout, uncover, unmask |
| Antonyms: | hide, keep secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | air |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express opinion publicly |
| Synonyms: | broadcast, circulate, communicate, declare, disclose, display, disseminate, divulge, exhibit, expose, make known, make public, proclaim, publicize, publish, put, reveal, speak, state, tell, utter, ventilate, voice |
| Antonyms: | be quiet, suppress |
| Main Entry: | announce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a proclamation |
| Synonyms: | advertise, annunciate, blast, blazon, broadcast, call, communicate, declare, disclose, disseminate, divulge, drum, give out, impart, intimate, issue, make known, make public, pass the word, proclaim, promulgate, propound, publicize, publish, release, report, reveal, run off at mouth, sound off, spread around, state, tell, trumpet |
| Antonyms: | bottle up, conceal, keep secret, refrain, repress, suppress, withhold |
| Main Entry: | betray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divulge, expose information |
| Synonyms: | blurt out, dime, disclose, evince, fink on, give away, inform, lay bare, let slip, make known, manifest, rat on, reveal, show, sing*, snitch, spill, squeal, stool, tattle, tell, tell on, turn in, uncover, unmask |
| Antonyms: | be quiet, hide, keep secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blab |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gossip |
| Synonyms: | babble, betray, blather, blurt out, chatter, disclose, divulge, gab, gabble, give away, go on, jabber, let out, let slip, mouth, peach, prattle, reveal, run off at the mouth, run on, shoot the breeze, spill the beans, spill*, squeal, talk through one's hat, tattle, tell, tell on, yak, yakkety-yak |
| Antonyms: | be quiet, shut up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blurt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | utter suddenly |
| Synonyms: | babble, betray, blab, burst out with, call out, come out with, cry out, disclose, divulge, exclaim, give away, jabber, leak, let on, let out, let slip, let the cat ouf of the bag, reveal, run off at the mouth, spill the beans, spout |
| Antonyms: | keep quiet |
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