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100 Best Synonyms for “Tell”

October 29, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. acknowledge admit or recognize openly
2. admit confess as true
3. affirm state as true
4. allege claim without proof
5. announce make publicly known
6. assert state confidently
7. attest state as true
8. avow admit or declare openly
9. be frank with speak openly to
10. bid command or ask
11. blurt out say suddenly without thinking
12. break the news announce important news
13. brief give concise information to
14. bring up to speed fully update someone
15. chronicle record or tell over time
16. claim state as a fact
17. command give an authoritative instruction
18. comment make a remark about
19. communicate convey information or feelings
20. confess admit reluctantly or formally
21. contend assert in argument
22. convey make known or understood
23. debrief question and inform afterward
24. declare state firmly or officially
25. describe give details about
26. detail describe fully
27. dictate state authoritatively
28. direct tell someone what to do
29. disclose make secret information known
30. divulge reveal private information
31. elucidate make clear by explaining
32. enjoin direct firmly or officially
33. explain make clear in words
34. expose reveal wrongdoing or truth
35. expound explain in detail
36. fess up admit the truth
37. fill in give missing details
38. forewarn warn in advance
39. hint suggest indirectly
40. identify state who or what
41. impart communicate information to
42. indicate point out or show
43. inform give information to
44. insinuate suggest indirectly or slyly
45. instruct tell how to do
46. intimate hint subtly
47. lay down state firmly as a rule
48. lay out explain in detail
49. lecture tell at length or sternly
50. let know inform
51. let slip reveal accidentally
52. level with speak honestly to
53. maintain state insistently
54. mention refer to briefly
55. name state the name of
56. narrate tell as a story
57. note mention or point out
58. notify officially let know
59. observe say after noticing
60. offer present for acceptance
61. open up share personal feelings
62. order tell authoritatively to do
63. outline give the main points
64. own up admit reluctantly
65. pass on give information to others
66. point out draw attention to
67. present state or offer formally
68. proclaim announce publicly and proudly
69. pronounce declare formally or publicly
70. propose put forward for consideration
71. propound put forward for consideration
72. recount tell in detail
73. relate narrate or describe
74. relay pass on information
75. remark say as a comment
76. repeat say again
77. report give an account of
78. retell tell again
79. reveal make known
80. say express in words
81. set forth present formally in words
82. set out present clearly and orderly
83. share tell others about
84. spell out explain very clearly
85. spill reveal information carelessly
86. state express clearly and formally
87. swear declare under oath
88. talk speak with someone
89. testify give evidence or statement
90. tip off secretly inform
91. touch on mention briefly
92. transmit send information onward
93. unburden share worries or secrets
94. uncover reveal something hidden
95. unveil make known publicly
96. update give the latest information
97. verbalize put into words
98. voice express aloud
99. volunteer offer information willingly
100. warn tell of danger

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