Hypernyms for "tell"
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add
air
announce
annunciate
answer
append
articulate
bare
bespeak
betoken
break
bring out
call
command
contradistinguish
contrast
crack
declare
decouple
demarcate
digress
direct
disclose
discover
discriminate
dissociate
divagate
divulge
enunciate
explain
expose
foretell
get out
give
give away
harbinger
herald
impart
indicate
individualise
individualize
ingeminate
instruct
introduce
iterate
know
know apart
label
lay out
leave
let on
let out
mention
misstate
note
observe
pass on
point
precede
preface
premise
present
propagandise
propagandize
publicise
publicize
reiterate
relate
remark
repeat
reply
represent
require
respond
restate
retell
reveal
rhapsodise
rhapsodize
send for
separate
severalise
severalize
sex
signal
single out
spill
stratify
stray
sum
sum up
summarise
summarize
supply
talk
unwrap
vocalise
vocalize
wander
warn
yarn
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.