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Antonyms for told
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : tohld |
| Phonetic Transcription : toʊld |
Definition of told
Origin :- past tense of tell, from Old English talde, past tense of tellan (see tell (v.)).
- verb communicate
- verb narrate, describe
- verb understand, discern
- verb carry weight
- verb calculate
- He took me right into his office, and I told him what you said, and he'll be ready for you at two o'clock.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Might not the same history be told of much that is believed?
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- "I told him high altitudes and high livin' would do any man—" Again he was silent.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Yes, dearest Philothea; but not till she had first told me of her own marriage with Geta.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- They gently raised him, bolstered him with pillows, and told him he had long been ill.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Eudora's countenance kindled with indignation, as she listened to what Milza had told.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Is that brother of hers you told me about still makin' up to that party?
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- "I told your father that this morning," and he resumed his writing.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- I told Coplen to offer her a million cash for everything rather'n have any fuss.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Which was very ugly in me, and I cried afterwards and told her how sorry I was.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
Synonyms for told
- acquaint
- advise
- announce
- apprise
- ascertain
- authorize
- be sure
- bid
- break the news
- call upon
- chronicle
- clinch
- clue in
- command
- comprehend
- compute
- confess
- count
- count one by one
- declare
- deduce
- depict
- determine
- differentiate
- direct
- disclose
- discover
- discriminate
- distinguish
- divine
- divulge
- enjoin
- enumerate
- explain
- express
- fill in
- find out
- give an account of
- give facts
- give out
- have effect
- have force
- identify
- impart
- inform
- instruct
- keep posted
- know
- know for certain
- lay open
- leak
- learn
- leave word
- let in on
- let know
- let slip
- level
- make known
- make out
- make presence felt
- make presence known
- mention
- militate
- notify
- number
- numerate
- open up
- order
- perceive
- portray
- proclaim
- put before
- recite
- reckon
- recognize
- recount
- reel off
- register
- rehearse
- relate
- report
- represent
- require
- reveal
- say
- see
- set forth
- speak
- spit it out
- state
- summon
- take effect
- take its toll
- tale
- tally
- utter
- weigh
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