told
past tense and past participle of tell
Kids Definition
told
past tense and past participle of tell
told 1 of 2
adjective
as in said
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- said
- stated
- sounded
- voiced
- verbalized
- pronounced
- articulated
- given
- spoken
- consensual
- unwritten
- viva voce
- nuncupative
- oral
- informal
- verbal
- implicit
- word-of-mouth
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- written
- explicit
- paper
- formal
told
2 of 2verb
1
as in described
to give an oral or written account of in some detail they told the story of how they had met Synonyms & Similar Words
- described
- recounted
- reported
- chronicled
- narrated
- related
- stated
- recited
- set forth
- detailed
- depicted
- charted
- rehearsed
- revealed
- voiced
- divulged
- uttered
- disclosed
- gave
- exposed
- delivered
- expressed
- enumerated
- itemized
- sketched
- bared
- rendered
- reeled off
- particularized
- delineated
- let on (about)
2
as in talked
to express (a thought or emotion) in words just tell us what is in your heart Synonyms & Similar Words
- said
- talked
- spoke
- uttered
- discussed
- stated
- shared
- announced
- shouted
- gave
- published
- articulated
- verbalized
- posted
- passed
- enunciated
- voiced
- brought out
- whispered
- looked
- affirmed
- put
- proclaimed
- vocalized
- declared
- blurted
- aired
- sounded
- asserted
- commented
- remarked
- put into words
- advertised
- alleged
- promulgated
- averred
- publicized
- blabbered
- murmured
- ventilated
- broadcast
- gasped
- vented
- drawled
- breathed
- chirped
- phrased
- bolted
- avowed
- got off
- worded
- purred
- spouted
- formulated
- broadcasted
- spluttered
- mouthed
- couched
- blazed
- clothed
- snarled
- clad
- shot
- avouched
- lipped
- formulized
- piped up (with)
- ripped (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- suppressed
- stifled
3
as in counted
to find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added who can tell the number of grains of sand in the world? Synonyms & Similar Words
- counted
- checked
- computed
- calculated
- enumerated
- recounted
- numbered
- tallied
- tabulated
- tabled
- reckoned
- totaled
- marked
- totalled
- added (up)
- ticked (off)
4
as in informed
to give information to tell me, when did you begin playing the violin? Synonyms & Similar Words
- informed
- advised
- instructed
- briefed
- taught
- notified
- alerted
- apprised
- convinced
- acquainted
- educated
- enlightened
- cleared
- versed
- assured
- familiarized
- reassured
- lectured
- hipped
- caught up
- filled in
- advertised
- let someone know
- clued (in)
- kept (someone) posted
- wised (up)
- schooled
- certified
- warranted
- disillusioned
- tutored
- disabused
- announced (to)
- disenchanted
- disclosed (to)
- undeceived
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- misled
- misinformed
5
as in instructed
to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority told us to sit still and wait Synonyms & Similar Words
- instructed
- ordered
- asked
- commanded
- advised
- begged
- warned
- directed
- enjoined
- requested
- bade
- charged
- bid
- adjured
- appointed
- petitioned
- required
- compelled
- entreated
- forced
- beseeched
- authorized
- bossed (around)
- commissioned
- assigned
- counseled
- obliged
- counselled
- besought
- led
- supervised
- managed
- constrained
- coerced
- controlled
- conducted
- superintended
- oversaw
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- observed
- followed
- kept
- obeyed
- minded
- complied (with)
6
as in revealed
to make known (as information previously kept secret) I won't tell your secret to anyone Synonyms & Similar Words
- revealed
- disclosed
- discovered
- uncovered
- announced
- exposed
- divulged
- shared
- confided
- unveiled
- spilled
- bared
- unmasked
- proclaimed
- published
- informed
- acknowledged
- brought to light
- declared
- confessed
- admitted
- spilt
- let the cat out of the bag (about)
- talked
- let on (about)
- posted
- unbosomed
- advertised
- went public (with)
- spilled the beans (about)
- blabbed
- promulgated
- uncloaked
- communicated
- conceded
- debunked
- unearthed
- betrayed
- owned
- publicized
- imparted
- broadcast
- unclothed
- showed up
- leaked
- brought out
- related
- broadcasted
- undraped
- sounded
- squealed
- placarded
- avowed
- blazed
- gave away
- disinterred
- raked up
- smoked out
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- hid
- covered (up)
- concealed
- masked
- veiled
- disguised
- cloaked
- shrouded
- camouflaged
- enshrouded
- whitewashed
- obscured
- varnished
- overshadowed
- gilded
- eclipsed
- glossed (over)
- shaded
- clouded
- gilt
- darkened
- overcast
- beclouded
- bedimmed
- befogged
Phrases Containing told
- hand blender
- hand brake
- hand brakes
- hand breeding
- hand cheese
- hand composition
- hand compositor
- hand cream
- hand cultivator
- hand down
- hand down a decision
- hand drill
- hand drum
- hand file
- hand fly
- hand frame
- hand gallop
- hand game
- hand gel
- hand gels
- hand glass
- hand glasses
- hand grenade
- hand horn
- hand horse