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told

[tohld] / toʊld /
ADJECTIVE
announced
Synonyms
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declared disclosed issued released reported
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broadcast circulated communicated divulged publicized revealed
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declared publicly made public
Antonyms
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hidden suppressed unannounced
ADJECTIVE
explained
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elucidated interpreted related
ADJECTIVE
legendary
Synonyms
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fabled fabulous mythical storied
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allegorical apocryphal created customary doubtful dubious fabricated fanciful figmental handed-down imaginary imaginative improbable invented mythological related romantic traditional unhistoric unhistorical unreal unverifiable
Antonyms
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factual infamous real true unimportant
ADJECTIVE
manifest
Synonyms
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glaring palpable unambiguous unmistakable
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bold clear-cut disclosed divulged evidenced evinced open patent plain revealed shown
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apparent big as life conspicuous crystal clear distinct evident noticeable prominent straightforward visible
Antonyms
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hidden
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ambiguous concealed unclear vague
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obscure
ADJECTIVE
mentioned
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cited quoted specified voiced
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communicated considered declared discussed intimated named revealed suggested
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brought up made known referred to spoken of
ADJECTIVE
numbered
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categorized checked contained counted designated doomed enumerated fated fixed included indicated marked specified totalled
Antonyms
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infinite unlimited unnumbered
ADJECTIVE
oral
Synonyms
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lingual sonant vocal
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articulate ejaculatory narrated phonated phonetic phonic recounted related said sounded unwritten uttered verbal viva voce voiced word-of-mouth
Antonyms
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printed written
ADJECTIVE
professed
Synonyms
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stated
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acknowledged announced declared pledged
ADJECTIVE
rumored
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reputed
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broadcast bruited circulating gossiped prevailing said
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all over town given out going around rife
ADJECTIVE
spoken
Synonyms
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announced articulate communicated expressed mentioned said voiced
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lingual oral phonetic unwritten verbal
Antonyms
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heard written
ADJECTIVE
spoken
Synonyms
STRONG
announced articulate communicated expressed mentioned said uttered voiced
WEAK
lingual oral phonetic phonic put into words sonant traditional unwritten verbal viva voce
Antonyms
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suppressed
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heard written
ADJECTIVE
stated
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certain declared fixed
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settled
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regular
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unfixed
ADJECTIVE
verbal
Synonyms
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rhetorical unwritten
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exact expressed lexical lingual literal oral phrasal said stated verbatim word-for-word word-of-mouth
ADJECTIVE
warned
Synonyms
STRONG
advised cautioned informed notified

Example Sentences

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"We were told that setups like ours could one day become standard student lab experiments," says Salama.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

At a hearing last week on extending the order, Judge Brendan A. Hurson told the courtroom full of ICE protesters that he understood the political firestorm surrounding the lawsuit.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026

"I should not have responded how I did to those emails," Whitford told the BBC.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

A 23rd monk, believed to have organised the trip, has since been arrested in a suburb of Colombo, police told BBC Sinhala.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

“Yeah. Figured you would. Little Two told me she went behind my back to help you. Fessed up right after you left.”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman