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make public

VERB
air
Synonyms
STRONGEST
broadcast circulate communicate declare disclose display publicize publish put reveal speak tell
STRONG
disseminate divulge exhibit expose proclaim state utter ventilate voice
WEAK
make known
Antonyms
STRONGEST
conceal cover hide keep quiet listen secret secrete suppress withhold
WEAK
be quiet close up
VERB
announce
Synonyms
STRONGEST
call declare disclose issue publish release report reveal tell
STRONG
advertise annunciate blast blazon broadcast communicate disseminate divulge drum impart intimate proclaim promulgate propound publicize state trumpet
WEAK
give out make known pass the word run off at mouth sound off spread around
Antonyms
STRONGEST
conceal hide hold keep listen suppress
STRONG
keep quiet secret
WEAK
be quiet bottle up keep secret refrain repress withhold
VERB
break
Synonyms
STRONG
announce communicate convey disclose divulge impart inform proclaim reveal tell transmit
WEAK
come out let out pass on
Antonyms
STRONG
bottle up conceal cover hide keep secret refrain secrete suppress withhold
VERB
declassify
Synonyms
STRONGEST
publicize
STRONG
display exhibit show
WEAK
make available
Antonyms
STRONG
conceal cover hide
VERB
leak
Synonyms
STRONGEST
discharge disclose divulge escape ooze pass on reveal spill trickle
STRONG
break drip drool exude out pass percolate tell transpire
WEAK
come out get out give away let slip spill the beans
Antonyms
STRONGEST
conceal hide keep secrete
VERB
promulgate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
declare notify promote publish
STRONG
advertise announce annunciate broadcast call circulate communicate decree disseminate drum issue proclaim sound spread toot trumpet
WEAK
pass the word
Antonyms
STRONG
bottle up collect conceal gather hide keep keep quiet keep secret refrain repress suppress withhold
VERB
report
Synonyms
STRONGEST
account for announce broadcast declare describe detail disclose document inform list mention note notify present publish record reveal tell
STRONG
advise air cable circulate cover enunciate impart inscribe itemize narrate proclaim promulgate recite recount rehearse relate relay retail spread state summarize telephone trumpet wire
WEAK
bring word give an account of give the facts make known pass on provide details set forth write up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
conceal hide misrepresent refrain secret suppress withhold
STRONG
keep
VERB
reveal
Synonyms
STRONGEST
acknowledge admit affirm announce concede confess declare divulge explain expose inform publish report tell
STRONG
avow betray broadcast communicate impart leak notify proclaim talk unfold utter
WEAK
break the news bring out into open bring to light come out with get out of system give away give out give the low-down let cat out of the bag let fall let on let out let slip make known make plain put cards on table
Antonyms
STRONGEST
conceal contradict deny disavow dispute dissent hide refuse reject repudiate secrete suppress
STRONG
keep keep quiet withhold
WEAK
cover
VERB
speak
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chat communicate convey declare deliver express go say shout tell utter voice whisper
STRONG
allege articulate assert aver blab chew converse descant discourse drawl enunciate expatiate gab gas jaw modulate mouth mumble murmur mutter perorate pronounce rap sound spiel spill state verbalize vocalize yak yammer
WEAK
break silence lip make known open one's mouth pop off put into words speak one's piece yakety-yak
Antonyms
STRONGEST
be quiet conceal hold keep retain withhold
STRONG
deny hide mumble praise speak clearly
WEAK
listen
VERB
spread
Synonyms
STRONGEST
circulate disseminate distribute propagate scatter transmit
STRONG
advertise blazon broadcast cast declare diffuse proclaim promulgate publish radiate shed sow strew
WEAK
make known
Antonyms
STRONG
conceal hide
VERB
unmask
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bring to light expose uncover
STRONG
acknowledge admit announce bare confess disclose display divulge exhibit leak show tell unclothe unearth unveil
WEAK
bring out into the open come out with let cat out of the bag make known
Antonyms
STRONGEST
conceal cover hide
STRONG
deny disavow refuse repudiate secrete withhold
VERB
unveil
Synonyms
STRONGEST
disclose display open tell
STRONG
bare betray discover divulge expose show spring unbosom uncover
WEAK
bring to light come out give away lay bare lay open let it all hang out make known open up tip one's hand
Antonyms
STRONGEST
conceal cover hide secrete withhold
STRONG
protect
WEAK
veil

Example Sentences

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The company doesn’t make public comprehensive data on users’ profits and doesn’t share its total number of users.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

A spokesperson for the regulator told BBC News its policy is neither to confirm nor deny the existence of an investigation, nor make public the outcome of any investigation that may have taken place.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

For one, he’s getting to actually make public eye contact with his wife.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

The new law “unequivocally intends to make public Epstein grand jury materials and discovery materials covered by the Epstein Protective Order,” Berman wrote in his four-page order.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2025

What better way to defang a secret society than to make public its most secret information?

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

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