Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  tell 
 
  5  of  8  senses  of  tell 
 
  Sense  1 
  state,  say  tell 
  =>  present,  lay  out 
  =>  misstate 
  =>  answer,  reply,  respond 
  =>  preface,  premise,  introduce 
  =>  announce,  declare 
  =>  articulate,  enunciate,  vocalize,  vocalise 
  =>  get  out 
  =>  declare 
  =>  declare 
  =>  note,  observe,  mention,  remark 
  =>  add  append,  supply 
  =>  explain 
  =>  give 
 
  Sense  2 
  tell 
  =>  digress,  stray,  divagate,  wander 
  =>  bespeak,  betoken,  indicate,  point,  signal 
  =>  disclose,  let  on  bring  out  reveal,  discover,  expose,  declare,  divulge,  impart,  break,  give  away  let  out 
  =>  talk 
  =>  publicize,  publicise,  air,  bare 
  =>  repeat,  reiterate,  ingeminate,  iterate,  restate,  retell 
  =>  propagandize,  propagandise 
  =>  announce,  annunciate,  harbinger,  foretell,  herald 
  =>  impart,  leave  give  pass  on 
 
  Sense  3 
  tell  narrate,  recount,  spin,  recite 
  =>  relate 
  =>  yarn 
  =>  rhapsodize,  rhapsodise 
 
  Sense  4 
  order  tell  enjoin,  say 
  =>  direct 
  =>  instruct 
  =>  command,  require,  compel 
  =>  call  send  for 
  =>  warn 
 
  Sense  8 
  distinguish,  separate,  differentiate,  secern,  secernate,  severalize,  tell  tell  apart 
  =>  know 
  =>  discriminate,  know  apart 
  =>  label 
  =>  label 
  =>  sex 
  =>  individualize,  individualise 
  =>  contrast 
  =>  severalize 
  =>  contradistinguish 
  =>  dissociate 
  =>  demarcate 
  =>  discriminate,  separate,  single  out 
  =>  stratify 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  tell 
 
  5  of  8  senses  of  tell 
 
  Sense  1 
  state,  say  tell 
  =>  present,  lay  out 
  =>  argue,  reason 
  =>  re-argue 
  =>  expostulate 
  =>  defend,  support,  fend  for 
  =>  apologize,  apologise,  excuse,  justify,  rationalize,  rationalise 
  =>  color,  colour,  gloss 
  =>  plead 
  =>  extenuate,  palliate,  mitigate 
  =>  stand  up  stick  up 
  =>  uphold 
  =>  argue,  indicate 
  =>  misstate 
  =>  answer,  reply,  respond 
  =>  counter 
  =>  field 
  =>  sass 
  =>  retort,  come  back  repay,  return,  riposte,  rejoin 
  =>  bridle 
  =>  preface,  premise,  introduce 
  =>  preamble 
  =>  prologize 
  =>  announce,  declare 
  =>  promulgate 
  =>  nolle  prosequi  nolle  pros,  nol.  pros. 
  =>  articulate,  enunciate,  vocalize,  vocalise 
  =>  get  out 
  =>  declare 
  =>  condemn 
  =>  boo,  hiss 
  =>  explode 
  =>  consecrate,  bless,  hallow,  sanctify 
  =>  reconsecrate 
  =>  account,  answer  for 
  =>  propose,  suggest,  advise 
  =>  recommend,  urge,  advocate 
  =>  advance,  throw  out 
  =>  proposition 
  =>  feed  back 
  =>  submit,  state,  put  forward 
  =>  move  make  a  motion 
  =>  promise,  assure 
  =>  pledge,  plight 
  =>  vow 
  =>  betroth,  engage,  affiance,  plight 
  =>  profess 
  =>  swear 
  =>  guarantee,  vouch 
  =>  bail 
  =>  stipulate 
  =>  secure 
  =>  certify 
  =>  covenant 
  =>  commune,  communicate 
  =>  communicate 
  =>  swear  off 
  =>  contract,  undertake 
  =>  sign 
  =>  undersign 
  =>  ink 
  =>  autograph,  inscribe 
  =>  initial 
  =>  countersign 
  =>  execute 
  =>  endorse 
  =>  cosign,  co-sign 
  =>  visa 
  =>  stipulate,  qualify,  condition,  specify 
  =>  provide 
  =>  rent,  lease 
  =>  rent,  hire,  charter,  lease 
  =>  covenant 
  =>  confirm 
  =>  bar  mitzvah 
  =>  bat  mitzvah 
  =>  undertake,  guarantee 
  =>  underwrite,  subvent 
  =>  promise 
  =>  vouchsafe 
  =>  acknowledge,  receipt 
  =>  take  the  Fifth  take  the  Fifth  Amendment 
  =>  sentence,  condemn,  doom 
  =>  foredoom 
  =>  court-martial 
  =>  proclaim,  exclaim,  promulgate 
  =>  trumpet 
  =>  clarion 
  =>  affirm,  assert,  avow,  aver,  swan,  swear 
  =>  hold 
  =>  claim,  take 
  =>  attest 
  =>  declare 
  =>  plead 
  =>  profess 
  =>  protest 
  =>  assure,  tell 
  =>  swear,  depose,  depone 
  =>  testify,  attest,  take  the  stand  bear  witness 
  =>  vouch 
  =>  decree 
  =>  ordain 
  =>  predestine 
  =>  will 
  =>  destine,  fate,  doom,  designate 
  =>  ordain,  enact 
  =>  reenact 
  =>  legislate,  pass 
  =>  opine,  speak  up  animadvert,  sound  off 
  =>  editorialize 
  =>  count  out 
  =>  declare 
  =>  note,  observe,  mention,  remark 
  =>  comment,  notice,  remark,  point  out 
  =>  criticize,  criticise,  pick  apart 
  =>  reprimand,  censure,  criminate 
  =>  animadvert 
  =>  savage 
  =>  admonish,  reprove 
  =>  rebuke,  rag,  trounce,  reproof,  lecture,  reprimand,  jaw,  dress  down  scold,  chide,  berate,  bawl  out  remonstrate,  chew  out  chew  up  have  words  lambaste,  lambast 
  =>  chastise,  castigate,  objurgate,  chasten,  correct 
  =>  flame 
  =>  tell  off  brush  down 
  =>  reprehend 
  =>  deplore 
  =>  execrate,  anathemize,  anathematize 
  =>  belabor,  belabour 
  =>  come  down 
  =>  denounce 
  =>  fulminate,  rail 
  =>  condemn,  decry,  objurgate,  excoriate 
  =>  blame,  find  fault,  pick 
  =>  disparage,  belittle,  pick  at 
  =>  pan,  tear  apart,  trash 
  =>  discredit,  disgrace 
  =>  deprecate,  depreciate 
  =>  deflate,  puncture 
  =>  minimize,  belittle,  denigrate,  derogate 
  =>  talk  down 
  =>  nitpick 
  =>  attack,  round,  assail,  lash  out  snipe,  assault 
  =>  abuse,  clapperclaw,  blackguard,  shout 
  =>  slang 
  =>  vilify,  revile,  vituperate,  rail 
  =>  curse 
  =>  claw 
  =>  rip 
  =>  whang 
  =>  barrage 
  =>  blister,  whip 
  =>  rubbish 
  =>  wisecrack 
  =>  kibitz,  kibbitz 
  =>  add  append,  supply 
  =>  slip  in  stick  in  sneak  in  insert 
  =>  spatchcock 
  =>  toss  in 
  =>  explain 
  =>  give 
  =>  quote 
  =>  underquote 
  =>  cast 
 
  Sense  2 
  tell 
  =>  digress,  stray,  divagate,  wander 
  =>  bespeak,  betoken,  indicate,  point,  signal 
  =>  bode,  portend,  auspicate,  prognosticate,  omen,  presage,  betoken,  foreshadow,  augur,  foretell,  prefigure,  forecast,  predict 
  =>  threaten 
  =>  prophesy,  foreshow 
  =>  mark 
  =>  blaze 
  =>  dimension 
  =>  signpost 
  =>  signalize,  distinguish 
  =>  singularize 
  =>  buoy 
  =>  disclose,  let  on  bring  out  reveal,  discover,  expose,  declare,  divulge,  impart,  break,  give  away  let  out 
  =>  blackwash 
  =>  muckrake 
  =>  blow 
  =>  out 
  =>  come  out  of  the  closet,  out  come  out 
  =>  spring 
  =>  betray,  bewray 
  =>  confide 
  =>  unbosom,  relieve 
  =>  leak 
  =>  talk,  tattle,  blab,  peach,  babble,  sing,  babble  out  blab  out 
  =>  talk 
  =>  publicize,  publicise,  air,  bare 
  =>  bulletin 
  =>  publish,  bring  out  put  out  issue,  release 
  =>  circulate,  circularize,  circularise,  distribute,  disseminate,  propagate,  broadcast,  spread,  diffuse,  disperse,  pass  around 
  =>  sow,  sough 
  =>  popularize,  popularise,  vulgarize,  vulgarise 
  =>  carry,  run 
  =>  air,  send  broadcast,  beam,  transmit 
  =>  satellite 
  =>  sportscast 
  =>  telecast,  televise 
  =>  colorcast 
  =>  rerun,  rebroadcast 
  =>  repeat,  reiterate,  ingeminate,  iterate,  restate,  retell 
  =>  ditto 
  =>  harp,  dwell 
  =>  translate,  interpret,  render 
  =>  retranslate 
  =>  mistranslate 
  =>  gloss 
  =>  latinize,  Latinize 
  =>  paraphrase,  rephrase,  reword 
  =>  sum  up  summarize,  summarise,  resume 
  =>  abstract 
  =>  precis 
  =>  docket 
  =>  recapitulate,  recap 
  =>  retrograde,  rehash 
  =>  quote,  cite 
  =>  misquote 
  =>  propagandize,  propagandise 
  =>  announce,  annunciate,  harbinger,  foretell,  herald 
  =>  impart,  leave  give  pass  on 
 
  Sense  3 
  tell  narrate,  recount,  spin,  recite 
  =>  relate 
  =>  yarn 
  =>  rhapsodize,  rhapsodise 
 
  Sense  4 
  order  tell  enjoin,  say 
  =>  direct 
  =>  stet 
  =>  instruct 
  =>  charge 
  =>  charge 
  =>  command,  require,  compel 
  =>  charge,  saddle,  burden 
  =>  overburden 
  =>  bear  down 
  =>  overwhelm,  deluge,  flood  out 
  =>  adjure 
  =>  requisition 
  =>  forbid,  prohibit,  interdict,  proscribe,  veto,  disallow 
  =>  ban 
  =>  bar,  debar,  exclude 
  =>  enjoin 
  =>  outlaw,  criminalize,  criminalise,  illegalize,  illegalise 
  =>  ban,  censor 
  =>  call  send  for 
  =>  summon,  summons,  cite 
  =>  vouch 
  =>  vouch  in 
  =>  demand 
  =>  beep 
  =>  recall 
  =>  call  in 
  =>  lift 
  =>  muster 
  =>  hail 
  =>  summon 
  =>  page 
  =>  buzz 
  =>  convoke,  convene 
  =>  beckon 
  =>  call  up  mobilize,  mobilise,  rally 
  =>  warn 
 
  Sense  8 
  distinguish,  separate,  differentiate,  secern,  secernate,  severalize,  tell  tell  apart 
  =>  know 
  =>  discriminate,  know  apart 
  =>  subtilize 
  =>  label 
  =>  label 
  =>  sex 
  =>  individualize,  individualise 
  =>  contrast 
  =>  severalize 
  =>  contradistinguish 
  =>  dissociate 
  =>  demarcate 
  =>  discriminate,  separate,  single  out 
  =>  isolate,  insulate 
  =>  ghettoize,  ghettoise 
  =>  cloister 
  =>  seclude,  sequester,  sequestrate,  withdraw 
  =>  quarantine 
  =>  maroon 
  =>  segregate 
  =>  redline 
  =>  disadvantage,  disfavor,  disfavour 
  =>  handicap,  hinder,  hamper 
  =>  prejudice 
  =>  stratify 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  tell 
 
  1  of  8  senses  of  tell 
 
  Sense  8 
  distinguish,  separate,  differentiate,  secern,  secernate,  severalize,  tell  tell  apart 
  =>  compare 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  tell 
 
  8  senses  of  tell 
 
  Sense  1 
  state,  say  tell 
  =>  express,  utter,  give  tongue  to 
 
  Sense  2 
  tell 
  =>  inform 
  Also  See->  tell  off#1 
 
  Sense  3 
  tell  narrate,  recount,  spin,  recite 
  =>  inform 
 
  Sense  4 
  order  tell  enjoin,  say 
  =>  request 
 
  Sense  5 
  tell 
  =>  guess,  infer 
 
  Sense  6 
  assure,  tell 
  =>  affirm,  assert,  avow,  aver,  swan,  swear 
 
  Sense  7 
  tell  evidence 
  =>  inform 
  Also  See->  tell  apart#1 
 
  Sense  8 
  distinguish,  separate,  differentiate,  secern,  secernate,  severalize,  tell  tell  apart 
  =>  identify,  place 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  tell 
 
  tell  used  as  a  verb  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  8) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  tell 
 
  Sense  1 
  state,  say  tell 
  =>  express,  utter,  give  tongue  to 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  tell 
  =>  inform 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  3 
  tell  narrate,  recount,  spin,  recite 
  =>  inform 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  4 
  order  tell  enjoin,  say 
  =>  request 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  5 
  tell 
  =>  guess,  infer 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  6 
  assure,  tell 
  =>  affirm,  assert,  avow,  aver,  swan,  swear 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  7 
  tell  evidence 
  =>  inform 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  8 
  distinguish,  separate,  differentiate,  secern,  secernate,  severalize,  tell  tell  apart 
  =>  identify,  place 
  -------------- 
 
  Overview  of  verb  tell 
 
  The  verb  tell  has  8  senses  (first  8  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (196)  state,  say  tell  --  (express  an  idea,  etc  in  words  "He  said  that  he  wanted  to  marry  her";  "tell  me  what  is  bothering  you";  "state  your  opinion") 
  2.  (190)  tell  --  (let  something  be  known  "Tell  them  that  you  will  be  late") 
  3.  (75)  tell  narrate,  recount,  spin,  recite  --  (narrate  or  give  a  detailed  account  of  "Tell  what  happened";  "The  father  told  a  story  to  his  child") 
  4.  (60)  order  tell  enjoin,  say  --  (give  instructions  to  or  direct  somebody  to  do  something  "I  said  to  him  to  go  home";  "She  ordered  him  to  do  the  shopping";  "The  mother  told  the  child  to  get  dressed") 
  5.  (28)  tell  --  (discern  or  comprehend;  "He  could  tell  that  she  was  unhappy") 
  6.  (6)  assure,  tell  --  (inform  positively  and  with  certainty  and  confidence;  "I  tell  you  that  man  is  a  crook!") 
  7.  (4)  tell  evidence  --  (give  evidence;  "he  was  telling  on  all  his  former  colleague") 
  8.  (3)  distinguish,  separate,  differentiate,  secern,  secernate,  severalize,  tell  tell  apart  --  (mark  as  different;  "We  distinguish  several  kinds  of  maple") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  told 
  foretold 
  untold 
 
  Overview  of  verb  tell 
 
  The  verb  tell  has  8  senses  (first  8  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (196)  state,  say  tell  --  (express  an  idea,  etc  in  words  "He  said  that  he  wanted  to  marry  her";  "tell  me  what  is  bothering  you";  "state  your  opinion") 
  2.  (190)  tell  --  (let  something  be  known  "Tell  them  that  you  will  be  late") 
  3.  (75)  tell  narrate,  recount,  spin,  recite  --  (narrate  or  give  a  detailed  account  of  "Tell  what  happened";  "The  father  told  a  story  to  his  child") 
  4.  (60)  order  tell  enjoin,  say  --  (give  instructions  to  or  direct  somebody  to  do  something  "I  said  to  him  to  go  home";  "She  ordered  him  to  do  the  shopping";  "The  mother  told  the  child  to  get  dressed") 
  5.  (28)  tell  --  (discern  or  comprehend;  "He  could  tell  that  she  was  unhappy") 
  6.  (6)  assure,  tell  --  (inform  positively  and  with  certainty  and  confidence;  "I  tell  you  that  man  is  a  crook!") 
  7.  (4)  tell  evidence  --  (give  evidence;  "he  was  telling  on  all  his  former  colleague") 
  8.  (3)  distinguish,  separate,  differentiate,  secern,  secernate,  severalize,  tell  tell  apart  --  (mark  as  different;  "We  distinguish  several  kinds  of  maple") 

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