Thesaurus:confess

Thesaurus

confess

English

Verb

Sense: to admit to the truth

Synonyms

• acknowledge
• admit
• assent    [⇒ thesaurus]
• avow
• beknow
• come clean (idiomatic)
• concede
• confess
• fess
• fess up
• front up
• make a clean breast (idiomatic)
• own
• own up
• shrive
• sing    [⇒ thesaurus]
• spill one's guts (idiomatic)
• spill the beans (idiomatic)
• step forward (idiomatic)
• talk    [⇒ thesaurus]
• tell all
• unbosom (archaic)

Antonyms

• abjure
• deny
• disavow
• disclaim
• disown
• reject

Hypernyms

• divulge    [⇒ thesaurus]
• surrender    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:rat out

Further reading

• “529. disclosure” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “confess” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.