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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | supply, support |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, add, administer, afford, arrange, bestow, bring, care, cater, contribute, dispense, equip, favor, feather, feed, fit, fit out, fix up, fix up with, furnish, give, grant, hand over, heel, impart, implement, indulge, keep, lend, line, look after, maintain, minister, outfit, prepare, present, procure, produce, proffer, provision, ration, ready, render, replenish, serve, stake, stock, stock up, store, sustain, take care of, transfer, turn out, yield |
| Antonyms: | deprive, remove, take |
| Main Entry: | relate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give an account of |
| Synonyms: | break a story, chronicle, clue one in, depict, describe, detail, disclose, divulge, express, get off one's chest, give the word, impart, itemize, lay it on the line, let one's hair down, narrate, particularize, picture, present, recite, recount, rehearse, report, retell, reveal, run down, run through, set forth, shoot the breeze, sling, spill, spill the beans, spin a yarn, state, tell, track, verbalize |
| Notes: | both recount and relate mean 'to tell, to give an account of,' but recount adds the semantic component 'in detail' |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | render |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contribute |
| Synonyms: | cede, deliver, distribute, exchange, furnish, give, give back, give up, hand over, impart, make available, make restitution, minister, part with, pay, pay back, present, provide, relinquish, repay, restore, return, show, submit, supply, surrender, swap, tender, trade, turn over, yield |
| Antonyms: | remove, take |
| Main Entry: | report |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate information, knowledge |
| Synonyms: | account for, advise, air, announce, bring word, broadcast, cable, circulate, cover, declare, describe, detail, disclose, document, enunciate, give an account of, give the facts, impart, inform, inscribe, itemize, list, make known, make public, mention, narrate, note, notify, pass on, present, proclaim, promulgate, provide details, publish, recite, record, recount, rehearse, relate, relay, retail, reveal, set forth, spread, state, summarize, telephone, tell, trumpet, wire, write up |
| Antonyms: | conceal, suppress |
| Main Entry: | reveal |
| 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: | send |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transmit, transfer through a system |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, address, advance, assign, broadcast, cast, circulate, commission, commit, communicate, consign, convey, delegate, deliver, detail, direct, dispatch, drop, emit, expedite, express, fire, fling, forward, freight, get under way, give off, grant, hasten, hurl, hurry off, impart, issue, let fly, mail, post, propel, put out, radiate, relay, remit, route, rush off, ship, shoot, televise, troll, wire |
| Antonyms: | receive |
| Main Entry: | teach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | educate; instill knowledge |
| Synonyms: | advise, brainwash*, break in, brief, catechize, coach, communicate, cram, demonstrate, develop, direct, discipline, drill, edify, enlighten, exercise, explain, expound, fit, form, give instruction, give lessons, give the facts, ground, guide, illustrate, imbue, impart, implant, improve mind, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instruct, interpret, lecture, nurture, open eyes, polish up, pound into, prepare, profess, rear, school, sharpen, show, show the ropes, train, tutor |
| Notes: | learn means to acquire or gain skill, knowledge or comprehension; teach means to impart skill, knowledge or comprehension to |
| Antonyms: | learn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advise, announce, apprise, authorize, bid, break the news, call upon, clue in, command, confess, declare, direct, disclose, divulge, enjoin, explain, express, fill in, give facts, give out, impart, inform, instruct, keep posted, lay open, leak, leave word, let in on, let know, let slip, level, make known, mention, notify, open up, order, proclaim, put before, recite, reel off, report, represent, require, reveal, say, speak, spit it out, state, summon, utter |
| Notes: | say, speak, and tell are near synonyms, but say is usually followed by a statement or words actually uttered |
| Antonyms: | listen |
| Main Entry: | transmit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate, send |
| Synonyms: | address, bear, bequeath, break, broadcast, carry, channel, conduct, consign, convey, diffuse, dispatch, disseminate, drop a line, drop a note, forward, funnel, give a call, give a ring, hand down, hand on, impart, instill, issue, mail, pass on, pipe, put on the air, radio, relay, remit, route, send out, ship, siphon, spread, take, traject, transfer, transfuse, translate, transport |
| Antonyms: | get, receive, take |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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