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notify
To give (someone) notice of (something).
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  1. To give (someone) notice of (something).
  2. (Chiefly Brit.) To give notice of; announce; make known
  3. To give notice to; inform:
talk
To convey one's thoughts in a way other than by spoken words:
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  1. To convey one's thoughts in a way other than by spoken words:
  2. To utter or pronounce words:
  3. To speak about or discuss (something) or give expression to (something):
blab
To give away (a secret) in idle chatter
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  1. To give away (a secret) in idle chatter
  2. (Intransitive) To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.
  3. To reveal (secret matters), especially through indiscreet or unreserved talk.
apprise
To give notice to; inform:
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  1. To give notice to; inform:
  2. To inform or notify
acquaint
To inform:
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  1. To inform:
  2. To cause to come to know personally:
  3. To let (someone) know; give knowledge to; make (someone) aware; inform
familiarize
To make known, recognized, or familiar.
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  1. To make known, recognized, or familiar.
denounce
(Obs.) To announce, esp. in a menacing way
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  1. (Obs.) To announce, esp. in a menacing way
  2. To inform against (someone); accuse publicly.
  3. To give formal notice of the ending of (a treaty, armistice, etc.)
betray
To help the enemy of (one's country, cause, etc.); be a traitor to
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  1. To help the enemy of (one's country, cause, etc.); be a traitor to
  2. To give aid or information to an enemy of; commit treason against:
  3. To break faith with; fail to meet the hopes of
implicate
(Linguistics) To convey, imply, or suggest by implicature.
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  1. (Linguistics) To convey, imply, or suggest by implicature.
  2. To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly:
  3. To show to be involved or concerned
tattle
To reveal (something about someone) to another, as through gossiping.
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  1. To reveal (something about someone) to another, as through gossiping.
  2. To reveal other people's secrets; tell tales
  3. To talk idly; chatter; gossip
tell-tales
(Idiomatic) To lie, to be making false claims.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To lie, to be making false claims.
tell-on
To cause visible strain to somebody or something.
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  1. To cause visible strain to somebody or something.
  2. To inform on; to tattle; to tell someone with authority that someone else has done something wrong; usually somewhat childish.
snitch
To be an informer; tattle (on)
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  1. To be an informer; tattle (on)
  2. To act as an informer:
  3. To steal (something, usually something of little value); pilfer:
squeal
(Slang) To turn informer; betray an accomplice or secret.
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  1. (Slang) To turn informer; betray an accomplice or secret.
  2. To give sensitive information about someone to a third party; to rat on someone.
  3. To give forth a loud shrill cry or sound.
rat
(Slang) To work as a scab laborer.
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  1. (Slang) To work as a scab laborer.
  2. (Slang) To inform on or betray (someone)
  3. (Slang) To reveal incriminating or embarrassing information about someone, especially to a person in authority:
sell out
(Idiomatic) To abandon or betray one's supporters or principles to seek profit or other personal advantage.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To abandon or betray one's supporters or principles to seek profit or other personal advantage.
  2. To sell all of a product that is in stock.
finger
To extend (out, across, etc.) like a finger
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  1. To extend (out, across, etc.) like a finger
  2. To touch or handle with the fingers; use the fingers on
  3. (Slang) To point out; indicate or designate, specif. in senses of put the finger on (see phrase below)
spill-the-beans
(Idiomatic, intransitive) To reveal a secret; to disclose.
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  1. (Idiomatic, intransitive) To reveal a secret; to disclose.
sing
(Slang) To give information or evidence against someone.
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  1. (Slang) To give information or evidence against someone.
  2. To proclaim or extol something in verse.
  3. (Music) To produce the musical sound of:
squawk
To utter a harsh scream; screech.
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  1. To utter a harsh scream; screech.
  2. To utter a loud, harsh cry, as a parrot or chicken does
  3. (Informal) To complain or protest, esp. in a loud or raucous voice
fink
To inform against another person.
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  1. To inform against another person.
  2. (Chiefly US, slang) To betray a trust.
  3. To withhold promised support or participation:
stool
(Slang) To act as a stool pigeon.
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  1. (Slang) To act as a stool pigeon.
  2. To put out shoots in the form of a stool
  3. (Botany) To send up shoots or suckers.
acquaint
To inform:
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  1. To inform:
  2. To let (someone) know; give knowledge to; make (someone) aware; inform
  3. To cause to come to know personally:
advise
To inform; notify:
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  1. To inform; notify:
  2. To give advice
  3. To discuss something and get advice; consult (with a person)
apprise
To inform or notify
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  1. To inform or notify
  2. To give notice to; inform:
educate
To develop or refine (one's taste or appreciation, for example).
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  1. To develop or refine (one's taste or appreciation, for example).
  2. To pay for the schooling of (a person)
  3. To provide with information, as in an effort to gain support for a position or to influence behavior:
enlighten
To give the light of fact and knowledge to; free from ignorance, prejudice, or superstition
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  1. To give the light of fact and knowledge to; free from ignorance, prejudice, or superstition
  2. To make clear to (a person) the facts or nature of something; inform
  3. (--- Religion) To give spiritual insight and understanding to
notify
(Chiefly Brit.) To give notice of; announce; make known
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  1. (Chiefly Brit.) To give notice of; announce; make known
  2. To give notice to; inform; announce to
  3. To give (someone) notice of (something).
tell
To give a detailed account of; narrate:
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  1. To give a detailed account of; narrate:
  2. To communicate by speech or writing; express with words:
  3. To reveal something that is not supposed to be revealed, especially something that someone has done wrong:
talk
To convey one's thoughts in a way other than by spoken words:
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  1. To convey one's thoughts in a way other than by spoken words:
  2. To utter or pronounce words:
  3. To speak about or discuss (something) or give expression to (something):
tattle
To reveal (something about someone) to another, as through gossiping.
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  1. To reveal (something about someone) to another, as through gossiping.
  2. To reveal other people's secrets; tell tales
  3. To talk idly; chatter; gossip
tip
To give a tip to:
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  1. To give a tip to:
  2. To give as a tip:
  3. To cover the tip or tips of (with something)
fink
To inform against another person.
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  1. To inform against another person.
  2. (Chiefly US, slang) To betray a trust.
  3. To withhold promised support or participation:
rat
(Slang) To work as a scab laborer.
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  1. (Slang) To work as a scab laborer.
  2. (Slang) To inform on or betray (someone)
  3. (Slang) To reveal incriminating or embarrassing information about someone, especially to a person in authority:
sing
(Slang) To give information or evidence against someone.
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  1. (Slang) To give information or evidence against someone.
  2. To proclaim or extol something in verse.
  3. (Music) To produce the musical sound of:
snitch
To be an informer; tattle (on)
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  1. To be an informer; tattle (on)
  2. To act as an informer:
  3. To steal (something, usually something of little value); pilfer:
squeal
(Slang) To turn informer; betray an accomplice or secret.
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  1. (Slang) To turn informer; betray an accomplice or secret.
  2. To give forth a loud shrill cry or sound.
  3. To give sensitive information about someone to a third party; to rat on someone.
stool
(Slang) To act as a stool pigeon.
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  1. (Slang) To act as a stool pigeon.
  2. To put out shoots in the form of a stool
  3. (Botany) To send up shoots or suckers.
Find another word for inform. In this page you can discover 51 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for inform, like: notify, talk, blab, apprise, acquaint, familiarize, denounce, betray, implicate, report on and tattle.

Sentence Examples

  • "Inform the prince that I the bridge fired!" said the colonel triumphantly and gaily.

  • Allow me to inform you...

  • This time, Daniel Brennan was not available to inform us and it was just my bored web surfing that spotted the notice.

  • Coldly, without looking at her son, she sent for her husband and, when he came, tried briefly and coldly to inform him of the facts, in her son's presence, but unable to restrain herself she burst into tears of vexation and left the room.

  • If an error (vitium) occurred in the auspices, the augurs could, of their own accord or at the request of the senate, inform themselves of the circumstances, and decree upon it.

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