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Synonyms for notify

22 synonyms

verb

Most common

give notice inform advise apprise

All synonyms

Verb

advise, inform, apprise, give notice, announce, admonish, tell, warn, let know, send word, communicate, declare, publish, enlighten, acquaint, intimate IN, instruct, disclose, promulgate, proclaim, impart, advertise dated, advertize US

Definitions

v. 1
To give (someone) notice (of some event).
Once a decision has been reached and notified to the parties it becomes binding.

Related words

Word family: notification

Forms

Past participle: notified
e.g. notified → advised, informed, apprised, announced…

Choose the right word

Notify, Advertise, Communicate, Enunciate or Give Notice?

We advertise our business, communicate our intentions, enunciate our views; we notify an individual, give notice to the public.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

inform Please inform me what options are available to me.
advise Please advise me of the date for the next meeting.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
notify		steady
inform		steady
advise		falling
apprise		falling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: tell¹, warn¹
6 letters: inform², advise², impart²
7 letters: publish², declare², apprise²
8 letters: announce², intimate³, disclose², instruct², proclaim², acquaint², admonish³
9 letters: advertise³, enlighten³, advertize
10 letters: promulgate³
11 letters: communicate⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (inform² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: notifier
Italiano: notificare
Español: notificar