fesses (up)
verb
1
as in confesses
to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly he fessed up to breaking the antique vase only after his guilt was obvious Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- confesses
- admits
- acknowledges
- concedes
- agrees
- grants
- announces
- reveals
- owns (up to)
- discloses
- recognizes
- comes clean (about)
- allows
- confirms
- tells
- affirms
- accepts
- declares
- says
- wises (up)
- warns
- disburdens
- avows
- professes
- proclaims
- informs
- unloads
- whispers
- broadcasts
- yields
- communicates
- publishes
- betrays
- talks
- exposes
- spills
- rats
- unveils
- gives away
- squeals
- imparts
- leaks
- divulges
- unburdens
- tips (off)
- breathes
- tattles
- blabs
- breaks
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- denies
- covers (up)
- disclaims
- disavows
- contradicts
- disallows
- disputes
- kids (oneself)
- negates
- rejects
- refutes
- disowns
- conceals
- hides
- repudiates
- negatives
- rebuts
- obscures
- veils
- gainsays
2
as in admits
to make an acknowledgment of something unpleasant as true or valid at first he denied everything, but eventually he realized that he had no choice but to fess up Synonyms & Similar Words
- confesses
- admits
- owns (up)
- cops (to)
- tattles
- blabs
- talks
- spills
- babbles
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- quiets (down)
- clams up
- hushes
- shuts up
- irrationals
- Irrawaddy
- irreal
- irrealities
- irreality
- irrealizable
- irrebuttable
- irreceptive
- irreciprocal
- irreclaimabilities
- irreclaimable
- irreclaimablenesses
- irreclaimably
- irreclaimed
- irrecognition
- irrecognizable
- irrecognizably
- irrecollection
- irrecompensable
- irrecompensably
- irreconcilabilities
- irreconcilability
- irreconcilable
- irreconcilable differences
- irreconcilableness