Synonyms for told
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1. shared

   he shared a story with us. she shared an experience on her recent trip. the professor shared several solution to the geometry problem.

   Submitted by rinat on August 7, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "told":

   said, informed, stated, talked, reported, declared, spoke, say, advised, tell, warned

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1. William Blake:

   I was angry with my friend I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe I told it not, my wrath did grow.

2. Donald Trump:

   I made that loud and clear. I told that to Mick Mulvaney, I told it to a lot of people -- where's Mick Mulvaney ? -- wherever Hunter Biden is, i told it to a lot of different people. I told it to Mike Pence, I told it to -- two Mikes. I told it to Steve. I said it to Wilbur Ross.

3. John Lennon:

   When I was five years old my mother told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy.” They told me I didn’t understand the assignment. I told them they didn’t understand life.

4. Jeremy Bernard:

   The good thing about this job—and perhaps the bad thing—is that I am not able to think about the future, one of my predecessors told me that she lost sleep toward the end because people told her she would go on to do great things next, but they never told her what. She warned me that I do have to start thinking about it. I know I do; I just haven't yet. I'm sort of putting my head in the sand.

5. Jules Feiffer:

   I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn't poor, I was needy. They told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy, I was deprived. Then they told me underprivileged was overused. I was disadvantaged. I still don't have a dime. But I have a great vocabulary.