confesses

VERB

admit, confirm

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acknowledge assert blurt out concede confide declare disclose divulge profess prove recognize relate reveal

STRONG

affirm allow attest aver avow blow chirp evince finger fink grant leak manifest narrate own post sing snitch squeal unload vent

WEAK

clue in come clean come out dump on humble oneself let on level with make clean breast of open one's heart own up rat on sound off spill the beans spit out tip hand weasel

Antonyms

STRONGEST

conceal contradict deny disavow hide keep refuse reject repudiate secrete suppress

STRONG

condemn veto withhold

WEAK

disown mask

Example Sentences

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confesses

Not that he wants to be a poet: “I don’t want to write,” he confesses to his friend June, who, for practical reasons, has decided to become an insurance underwriter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

However, with a sly smile Kennedy confesses that her granny "would have been absolutely tickled pink to think of Gillian Anderson playing her".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

He confesses to catching one game—a victory for Spain—in a ramshackle café in a Galician village.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

Muir confesses that this feature of the market is overlooked by many market players, partly because it’s esoteric and seemingly innocuous.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

She shakes her head no, but then confesses, “OK, yes, like a baby.”

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

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