Synonyms for divulge
dɪˈvʌldʒ, daɪ-di·vulge

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1. divulgeverb

   Synonyms:
   let out, disclose, impart, let on, expose, bring out, discover, uncover, give away, reveal

2. divulgeverb

   To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; -- said of that which had been confided as a secret, or had been before unknown; as, to divulge a secret.

   Synonyms:
   discover, expose, bring out, reveal, uncover, let out, impart, disclose, let on, give away

3. divulgeverb

   To indicate publicly; to proclaim.

   Synonyms:
   expose, reveal, let on, discover, disclose, let out, uncover, give away, bring out, impart

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. divulge

   Synonyms:
   admit, advertise, avow, betray, confess, disclose, discover, disinter, exhibit, exhume, expose, lay bare, lay open, make known, reveal, manifest, promulgate, publish, raise, show, tell, uncover, unmask, unveil

   Antonyms:
   bury, cloak, conceal, cover, disguise, dissemble, entomb, hide, inter, mask, overwhelm, screen, secrete, suppress, veil

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.5 / 4 votes

1. unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let outverb

   make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

   "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"

   Synonyms:
   crack, snitch, unveil, pick up, break away, give way, unwrap, key out, soften, scupper, get word, shop, split up, fall apart, part, collapse, shit, die, distinguish, transgress, learn, chance upon, weaken, exhibit, widen, bump, discover, light upon, demote, stop, set off, fall upon, break in, break out, separate, emit, split, go, give away, damp, undo, smash, name, come across, interrupt, founder, get a line, offend, get out, release, relegate, get wind, chance on, bring out, violate, reveal, pause, betray, let on, get around, wear out, cave in, debunk, conk out, put out, break-dance, denounce, check, break up, breach, introduce, come upon, publish, give, attain, see, strike, bring on, better, find out, grass, uncover, burst, go bad, peril, describe, break off, disclose, endanger, bust, identify, find, fail, rat, break dance, issue, dampen, let loose, fall in, erupt, let out, hear, intermit, ruin, kick downstairs, happen upon, fracture, break down, infract, produce, go against, come apart, bankrupt, give out, tell on, develop, expose, break, detect, discontinue, key, snap off, notice, display, observe, wear, stag, utter, recrudesce

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1. divulgeverb

   Synonyms:
   publish, disclose, communicate, discover, impart, tell, proclaim, promulgate, make known, make public, spread abroad, reveal to the world

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1. List of paraphrases for "divulge":

   disclose, disseminate, reveal

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How to use divulge in a sentence?

1. Cornelius Clark:

   I can only tell you so much, and that's not one of the things I can divulge.

2. Themba Mchunu:

   In my culture people don't like to divulge your sickness. It's about pride, more or less. Just like in my culture, when I grew up, you would never go to people and say, 'I am hungry'.

3. Harish Iyer:

   There is always an element of doubt when the government is asking you to divulge personal information.

4. Kevin Cramer:

   What's really been emphasized back home is that for many, many North Dakotans... the privacy is more important than the issue, and really out of respect for them, I just feel like, you know, we don't divulge medical information.

5. Joyce Carol Oates:

   If you explore beneath shyness or party chit-chat, you can sometimes turn a dull exchange into an intriguing one. I've found this to be particularly true in the case of professors or intellectuals, who are full of fascinating information, but need encouragement before they'll divulge it.