Synonyms for Tells:

v.
• reports
- Records
- accounts
- chronicles
- describes
- journalizes
- logs
- narrates
- portrays
- recounts
- reports
- retells
- states
- summarizes
- tables
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Independent
- Proper noun, plural
  say, urges, demands, seeks, asks, says.
- Proper noun, singular
  calling, demand, demanding, request, requested, say, seek, speaking, story, talking, talks, Demanded, Histories, Requesting, Stories, pushes, urges, declares, demands, appeals, pleads, requests, recounts, quotes, announces, seeks, wants, speaks, asks, says.
- Noun, plural
  states, signals, notes, lists, indicates, shows, designates, denotes, flags, points, indications, provides, displays, identifies, specifies, pinpoints.
- Verb, 3rd person singular present
  account, alias, announced, announcement, clarified, crazy, demanding, forwards, guide, indicator, inform, invite, know, marks, me, means, outline, report, request, rings, say, stands, supplies, talks, who, Backs, Carries, Does, Focuses, Gives, Guarantees, Has, Indicating, Indices, Leaves, Lends, Manifests, Replies, shares, briefs, Comes, Gains, Addresses, Affects, Bears, Drives, Permits, Recalls, Records, Tracks, goes, releases, betrays, dismisses, captures, catches, gets, secures, facilitates, helps, serves, supports, sustains, upholds, extends, maintains, counts, wears, outlines, learns, reads, admits, avoids, connects, relates, sticks, meets, pits, affirms, agrees, endorses, stipulates, pushes, urges, emphasizes, stresses, underlines, deals, acknowledges, asserts, assures, attests, claims, contends, corroborates, declares, expresses, proclaims, professes, states, submits, testifies, verifies, confirms, concludes, holds, complies, fulfills, observes, yields, allows, lets, enters, adds, recommends, contains, includes, demands, requires, earns, appeals, invites, requests, signals, accounts, totals, clarifies, describes, explains, assesses, calculates, determines, divides, ranks, thinks, chronicles, descriptions, notes, lists, documents, recounts, summarizes, reports, narrates, portrays, casts, cites, refers, sets, raises, suits, alleges, answers, responds, corresponds, empowers, concerns, appears, evokes, makes, produces, presents, passes, brings, conveys, draws, demonstrates, establishes, exemplifies, exhibits, illustrates, indicates, proves, keeps, finds, prepares, shapes, commands, directs, leads, likes, advises, advocates, cautions, confers, counsels, guides, instructs, notifies, prompts, suggests, warns, alerts, prevents, hints, adopts, wishes, elaborates, offers, quotes, broadcasts, heralds, advertises, announces, communicates, discloses, reveals, spells, covers, poses, shows, pretends, designates, enables, ensures, develops, expects, follows, seeks, denotes, points, symbolizes, satisfies, matches, amounts, delivers, pays, provides, sends, qualifies, implies, mentions, represents, trains, examines, reflects, turns, argues, protects, introduces, relies, wants, resembles, depicts, features, displays, emerges, reaches, chats, discusses, transpires, builds, constitutes, articulates, speaks, utters, asks, explores, hits, traces, hears, preaches, says, underpins, exposes, uncovers, unveils, sounds, transmits, becomes, creates, looks, sees, predicts, launches, dictates, feels, puts, identifies, delineates, educates, teaches, paints, compiles, writes, knows, defines, signifies, specifies, lays, pinpoints, reiterates, reminds, invokes, insists, highlights, interfaces, annotations, reaffirms, entails, underscores, affords, prescribes, seems, purports, fulfils, emphasises, recognises, obviates, giveth, summarises.

What are the hypernyms for Tells?

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Other hypernyms:
relates, expresses, describes, reports, narrates, illustrates, communicates, speaks, recites, descends.

Usage examples for Tells

"My daughter," he said, this time in English, "tells me you are with us in our revolution."

"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"

Charles Weathers Bump

And then there's the lover's lie, it's what a lad tells his sweetheart-that goes along with what she tells him-and comes by way of nature-" "Or you might class it along with your own blarney."

"The Eye of Dread"

Payne Erskine

She tells us what occurred in that fight on the bluff-things that she was not there to see, things she could only learn from the prisoner: is there not reason to believe that her evidence has been arranged between them?

"The Eye of Dread"

Payne Erskine

Famous quotes with Tells

When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.

Chinua Achebe
I didn't need the insurance. I do it again if my DP tells me it didn't look good in the camera or if the actors didn't hit their marks. But if everything was working why do it again?

Debbie Allen
For two years living in a neutral country I have been able to see through the haze of propaganda to reach something which my conscience tells me is the truth.

John Amery
A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.

Diane Arbus
She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.

Margot Asquith

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