tells

The word “tells” has 1 syllable: tells

It's pronounced as /tɛlz/

What is synonym and antonym for tells?

In the thesaurus, “tells” has 193 synonyms and 31 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for tells along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for tells

acknowledges
acquaints
adjures
admits
advertises
advises
affirms
airs
alerts
alleges
announces
appoints
apprises
articulates
asks
asserts
assigns
assures
authorizes
avers
avouches
avows
bares
begs
beseeches
betrays
bids
blabbers
blabs
blazes
blurts
bolts
breathes
briefs
brings out
brings to light
broadcasts
calculates
catches up
certifies
charges
charts
checks
chirps
chronicles
clears
clothes
coerces
commands
comments
commissions
communicates
compels
computes
concedes
conducts
confesses
confides
constrains
controls
convinces
couches
counsels
counts
debunks
declares
delineates
delivers
depicts
describes
details
directs
disabuses
discloses
discovers
discusses
disenchants
disillusions
disinters
divulges
drawls
educates
enjoins
enlightens
entreats
enumerates
enunciates
exposes
expresses
familiarizes
fills in
forces
formulates
formulizes
gasps
gets off
gives
gives away
hips
imparts
informs
instructs
itemizes
leads
leaks
lectures
lets someone know
lips
looks
manages
marks
mouths
murmurs
narrates
notifies
numbers
obliges
orders
oversees
owns
particularizes
passes
petitions
phrases
placards
posts
proclaims
promulgates
publicizes
publishes
purrs
puts
puts into words
rakes up
reassures
recites
reckons
recounts
reels off
rehearses
relates
remarks
renders
reports
requests
requires
reveals
says
schools
sets forth
shares
shoots
shouts
shows up
sketches
smokes out
snarls
sounds
speaks
spills
splutters
spouts
squeals
states
superintends
supervises
tables
tabulates
talks
tallies
teaches
totals
tutors
unbosoms
uncloaks
unclothes
uncovers
undeceives
undrapes
unearths
unmasks
unveils
utters
ventilates
vents
verbalizes
verses
vocalizes
voices
warns
warrants
whispers
words

Antonyms for tells

beclouds
bedims
befogs
camouflages
cloaks
clouds
conceals
darkens
disguises
eclipses
enshrouds
follows
gilds
hides
keeps
masks
minds
misinforms
misleads
obeys
obscures
observes
overcasts
overshadows
shades
shrouds
stifles
suppresses
varnishes
veils
whitewashes

Meanings of tells

noun
1. A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
2. That which is told; a tale or account.
3. A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
4. A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.
verb
1. (archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate.
2. To narrate.
3. To convey by speech; to say.
4. To instruct or inform.
5. To order; to direct, to say to someone.
6. To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
7. To reveal.
8. To be revealed.
9. To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
10. To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
11. To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
12. (authorship) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show.

Example Sentences

She always tells the funniest stories at dinner.
He never tells a lie, no matter what.
The expression on his face tells me he's worried.
A good novel often tells more than just a simple tale.
He tells his kids a bedtime story every night.

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