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

Last month, Democracy Docket surpassed 500,000 free email subscribers, the company first told Semafor, including 70,000 subscribers paying $10 a month or $120 per year. — Max Tani, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026

China-Japan relations have come under heavy strain since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told parliament in November last year that Japan could get militarily involved in the event of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. — Anniek Bao,lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026

The hospital told the employer the surgery would cost $232,000. — Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026

Following the news, Combs was placed in a Special Housing Unit, or SHU, better known as solitary confinement, a source told the outlet. — Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026

The business remains hands-on and family-run, with the Morrison children helping with daily operations, including 21-year-old co-owner Hank Morrison, who told CharlotteFive the restaurant’s namesake honors his grandmother and her recipes. — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 4 Oct. 2026

But the head of aviation security at the Transportation Ministry, Dvir Rubenstien, told Army Radio that the ministry relies on local security checks and does not have the tools or the ability to run checks on each passenger on every flight. — ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

The story of New England’s abolitionists is often told in fragments — names, dates, movements — but rarely in full. — Sam Calhoun, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026

Bibb County Sheriff David Davis said at a press conference that local high school students congregated at the skate park at Carolyn Crayton Park late Saturday night after being told to leave the Airbnb where the party was supposed to be held. — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 28 Sep. 2026

Phrases Containing told

• all told