Synonyms for divulge
Definitions
- v. 1
To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.
I will never divulge that secret to anyone.
Related words
- Word family
- divulger divulgement divulgence
- Is a kind of
- announce inform
Forms
- Past participle
- divulged
e.g. divulged → disclosed, revealed, uncovered, teld…
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To reveal is literally to lift the veil, and thus make known what was previously concealed; to divulge is to scatter abroad among the people, or make publicly known.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- reveal Sami didn't reveal the identity of his assailants.
- expose Do not expose the console to dust, smoke or steam.
- disclose She will have the courage to disclose their secret.
- uncover Uncover the horrific truth of this shocking story.
By length
- 4 letters
- show1, tell1, blab1
- 6 letters
- reveal2, relate2, expose2, unfold2, betray2, impart2, unwrap2, tattle2
- 7 letters
- publish2, declare2, confess2, uncover3
- 8 letters
- disclose2, proclaim2, acquaint2
- 11 letters
- communicate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (reveal2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- divulguer
- Italiano
- divulgare
- Deutsch
- offenbaren