Definitions

reel off

VERB

rattle

Synonyms

STRONG

babble cackle chat chatter clack gab gabble gush jabber jaw list prate prattle yak

WEAK

run on run through talk a blue streak talk someone's ear off

Antonyms

STRONG

be quiet

WEAK

appease placate soothe

VERB

recite

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chant communicate declaim deliver enumerate explain interpret mention perform recount rehearse repeat reply speak utter

STRONG

address answer convey delineate describe detail discourse dramatize enact enlarge expatiate impart itemize parrot picture portray quote recapitulate relate render report retell soliloquize state tell

WEAK

account for give a report give an account give verbal account hold forth

Antonyms

STRONGEST

be quiet conceal keep withhold

STRONG

ask confuse fail hide misrepresent question suppress take

VERB

tell

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advise announce confess declare disclose explain express inform instruct mention notify order report reveal say speak state summon

STRONG

acquaint apprise authorize bid command direct divulge enjoin impart leak level proclaim recite represent require utter

WEAK

break the news call upon clue in fill in give facts give out keep posted lay open leave word let in on let know let slip make known open up put before spit it out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ask be quiet conceal deny disavow hide keep secret question secrete suppress withhold

STRONG

deceive keep mislead

WEAK

estimate figure guess listen misunderstand

Example Sentences

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But what makes her so devastating is the sheer volume of 3-pointers she can reel off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Could you reel off a list of four?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2024

Spokesmen now reel off some statistics—she has visited 21 countries on 17 foreign trips, met with more than 150 leaders, and led the U.S. delegation at three Munich Security Conferences—but this doesn’t mean much.

From Slate • Aug. 6, 2024

A wonderful break of 116 helped O'Sullivan reel off three consecutive frames before Bingham was able to take the final frame of the afternoon.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2024

I am supposed to do it this way, precisely but fast, checking off the day hour by hour the way a bright-eyed kid might reel off what he just got for Christmas.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

reel off

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