Synonyms for Confess:

• adj.

  •unburden (adjective)
  • get off one's chest,
  • shaker,
  • easer,
  • let hair down,
  • dumper.

• n.

  •
  • acknowledge.
  •
  • make a clean breast of something,
  • eat crow,
  • eat your words,
  • relate,
  • eat humble pie.
  •
  • state.
  •
  • affirm.
  •come clean (noun)
  • come.
  •confess (noun)
  • shrive.

• v.

  •acknowledge (verb)
  • gotten chest,
  • gat chest,
  • gets chest,
  • gat off chest,
  • comes out of closet,
  • cop plea,
  • getting off chest,
  • opens up,
  • get chest,
  • come out closet,
  • getting chest,
  • came out of closet,
  • coming out closet,
  • got off chest,
  • got chest,
  • came out closet,
  • gets off chest,
  • comes out closet,
  • coming out of closet,
  • gotten off chest.
  •admit, confirm (verb)
  • blurt out,
  • evince,
  • finger,
  • prove,
  • tip hand,
  • post,
  • assert,
  • rat on,
  • come out,
  • sound off,
  • weasel,
  • manifest,
  • chirp,
  • grant,
  • level with,
  • narrate,
  • vent,
  • humble oneself,
  • spill the beans,
  • dump on,
  • sing,
  • blow,
  • open one's heart,
  • fink,
  • divulge,
  • avow,
  • attest,
  • unload,
  • leak,
  • squeal,
  • snitch,
  • aver.
  •allow (verb)
  • all owed,
  • all-owing,
  • all-owed,
  • all owing.
  •apologize (verb)
  • answer,
  • repent,
  • regret,
  • atone,
  • defend,
  • plead.
  •avow (verb)
  • crosses one heart,
  • pro claiming,
  • cross ones heart,
  • swear and down,
  • pro claims,
  • swore down,
  • crossing one's heart,
  • pro claimed,
  • crossed one's heart,
  • swears up and down,
  • crossed heart,
  • crossing heart,
  • swear bible,
  • crosses one's heart,
  • swear up down,
  • crossing one heart,
  • swear down,
  • swears up down,
  • sware up and down,
  • swore up down,
  • swore bible,
  • swore up and down,
  • sware down,
  • swearing up down,
  • swearing down,
  • swears bible,
  • swore and down,
  • swearing on bible,
  • swore on bible,
  • cross one heart,
  • sware up down,
  • pro-claims,
  • sware bible,
  • pro-claiming,
  • swears and down,
  • crossed one heart,
  • swearing bible,
  • swears on bible,
  • pro-claim,
  • crosses heart,
  • sware on bible,
  • crosses ones heart,
  • crossing ones heart,
  • swears down,
  • swearing up and down,
  • crossed ones heart,
  • sware and down,
  • swearing and down,
  • pro claim.
  •come clean (verb)
  • made clean breast,
  • ex-plained,
  • implicated oneself,
  • ex-plaining,
  • ex plained,
  • ex-plain,
  • incriminated oneself,
  • making clean breast,
  • ex-plains,
  • confessing all,
  • implicating oneself,
  • confesses all,
  • ex plaining,
  • incriminating oneself,
  • incriminates oneself,
  • confessed all,
  • implicates oneself,
  • ex plain,
  • ex plains,
  • makes clean breast.
  •communication (verb)
  • confess.
  •concede (verb)
  • threw in the towel,
  • sur-rendering,
  • bury hatchet,
  • throws in the towel,
  • sur-rendered,
  • yessed one,
  • went with flow,
  • sur rendering,
  • said uncle,
  • yessing one,
  • yeses one,
  • says uncle,
  • yesses one,
  • buried the hatchet,
  • threw the towel,
  • burying the hatchet,
  • plays ball with,
  • sur rendered,
  • throws towel,
  • throwing the towel,
  • burying hatchet,
  • threw in towel,
  • played ball with,
  • throwing in towel,
  • buries hatchet,
  • goes with the flow,
  • going with flow,
  • sur renders,
  • throws in towel,
  • goes with flow,
  • caved in,
  • go with flow,
  • throw the towel,
  • playing ball with,
  • went with the flow,
  • buries the hatchet,
  • throws the towel,
  • dittoing,
  • sur-render,
  • threw towel,
  • throw towel,
  • sur-renders,
  • throwing towel,
  • buried hatchet,
  • saying uncle.
  •confide (verb)
  • bends ear,
  • lays it on,
  • bend ear,
  • lays gaff,
  • bended an ear,
  • bending ear,
  • in sinuated,
  • in sinuates,
  • in-sinuate,
  • bent ear,
  • unloaded on,
  • in-sinuated,
  • bended ear,
  • cracked to,
  • letting in on,
  • lays the gaff,
  • bending an ear,
  • cracking to,
  • bends an ear,
  • spills to,
  • lay gaff,
  • bent an ear,
  • cracks to,
  • letted in on,
  • lets in on,
  • in-sinuating,
  • in-sinuates,
  • spilled to,
  • laid gaff,
  • laying gaff,
  • spilt to,
  • in sinuate,
  • laying the gaff,
  • laying it on,
  • in sinuating,
  • laid the gaff,
  • unloads on,
  • spilling to,
  • laid it on,
  • unloading on.
  •declare (verb)
  • asservating,
  • allegated,
  • re affirms,
  • pro pounding,
  • pro pounds,
  • allegates,
  • pro-pounding,
  • de clare,
  • bringing forward,
  • re-asserts,
  • pro-pound,
  • re asserts,
  • re affirming,
  • re peat,
  • re-peats,
  • re affirm,
  • wast positive,
  • is positive,
  • re asserting,
  • re-asserting,
  • art positive,
  • re asserted,
  • pro-pounds,
  • re-affirming,
  • allegating,
  • in-forming,
  • in forming,
  • de-clare,
  • re-presented,
  • are positive,
  • re present,
  • re presenting,
  • re-affirms,
  • de clares,
  • were positive,
  • re-asserted,
  • re presented,
  • being positive,
  • pro-pounded,
  • re peats,
  • re-presents,
  • putting forward,
  • re-affirmed,
  • de-clares,
  • pro pounded,
  • am positive,
  • asservated,
  • re-presenting,
  • in form,
  • sets forth,
  • pro pound,
  • Re-present,
  • re-assert,
  • re assert,
  • re-affirm,
  • re-peat,
  • in forms,
  • re presents,
  • asservates,
  • wert positive,
  • brings forward,
  • in-forms,
  • was positive,
  • re affirmed.
  •disclose (verb)
  • brief,
  • communicate,
  • announce,
  • exhibit,
  • express,
  • disseminate,
  • unmask,
  • proclaim,
  • advertise,
  • testify,
  • uncloak,
  • broadcast.
  •fess up (verb)
  • owned to,
  • owning to,
  • owns to,
  • owns up to,
  • own to,
  • owning up to,
  • owned up to.
  •let on (verb)
  • letted out,
  • lets out.
  •own (verb)
  • makes clean breast of,
  • tell truth,
  • made clean breast of,
  • assented to,
  • tells truth,
  • told truth,
  • telling the truth,
  • assenting to,
  • assents to,
  • tells the truth,
  • told the truth,
  • telling truth,
  • making clean breast of.
  •profess (verb)
  • blowing hot air,
  • de-posing,
  • pre tend,
  • said so,
  • gets soapbox,
  • acting as if,
  • de posed,
  • gotten on soapbox,
  • pre-tending,
  • talked big,
  • blew hot air,
  • getting soapbox,
  • de posing,
  • get soapbox,
  • de-posed,
  • pro-fesses,
  • says so,
  • talks big,
  • pro fess,
  • blows hot air,
  • pre tending,
  • gotten soapbox,
  • pre-tended,
  • got on soapbox,
  • pre tends,
  • de-pose,
  • gat on soapbox,
  • acts as if,
  • talking big,
  • pre-tends,
  • soapboxing,
  • acted as if,
  • getting on soapbox,
  • got soapbox,
  • gets on soapbox,
  • pro fesses,
  • soapboxed,
  • gat soapbox,
  • constating,
  • saying so,
  • pro-fess,
  • constated,
  • de pose,
  • constates.
  •recognize (verb)
  • approving accept,
  • re cognizing,
  • are aware of,
  • is aware of,
  • am aware of,
  • re cognizes,
  • re cognized,
  • re-spect,
  • wast aware of,
  • re-cognizing,
  • re spect,
  • wert aware of,
  • art aware of,
  • re-cognizes,
  • approves accept,
  • re-spects,
  • were aware of,
  • re spects,
  • approved accept,
  • re-cognize,
  • re cognize,
  • re-cognized.
  •reveal (verb)
  • getting out of system,
  • letted cat out of the bag,
  • gives lowdown,
  • get out system,
  • bring out in to open,
  • brought out in to open,
  • re-ported,
  • give lowdown,
  • gave the low down,
  • getting out system,
  • putting cards on table,
  • giving low-down,
  • put cards table,
  • re veals,
  • re ported,
  • re-veal,
  • brings out into open,
  • lets fall,
  • lets cat out bag,
  • got out system,
  • re veal,
  • give the low down,
  • giving the lowdown,
  • giving the low down,
  • giving lowdown,
  • gives the low down,
  • giving the low-down,
  • broke the news,
  • give low-down,
  • let cat out bag,
  • made plain,
  • lets cat out the bag,
  • bringing out into open,
  • lets cat out of bag,
  • broke news,
  • un-folding,
  • brake news,
  • un folds,
  • letting cat out bag,
  • lets cat out of the bag,
  • breaking the news,
  • puts cards on table,
  • letting fall,
  • makes plain,
  • letting cat out the bag,
  • un-folded,
  • letting cat out of bag,
  • gave low down,
  • brought out into open,
  • break news,
  • letted cat out the bag,
  • gets out of system,
  • gives the lowdown,
  • makes public,
  • gotten out of system,
  • gotten out system,
  • un folded,
  • letted cat out bag,
  • re porting,
  • gives the low-down,
  • gets out system,
  • gave low-down,
  • letting cat out of the bag,
  • gives low down,
  • gives low-down,
  • breaks news,
  • brake the news,
  • letted fall,
  • gave the low-down,
  • brings out in to open,
  • un-folds,
  • re-veals,
  • give low down,
  • let cat out the bag,
  • putting cards table,
  • un fold,
  • gave lowdown,
  • un-fold,
  • giving low down,
  • bringing out in to open,
  • un folding,
  • got out of system,
  • gat out system,
  • re-porting,
  • making plain,
  • gat out of system,
  • letted cat out of bag,
  • gave the lowdown,
  • puts cards table,
  • breaks the news.
  •snitch (verb)
  • rats on,
  • told on,
  • tells on,
  • ratted on,
  • ratting on,
  • telling on.
  •talk (verb)
  • in-tone,
  • de-scribing,
  • flapping ones tongue,
  • flapping one's tongue,
  • de scribing,
  • talks one leg off,
  • talking one leg off,
  • talking one's leg off,
  • de-scribes,
  • flapped one's tongue,
  • flapping one tongue,
  • in toned,
  • talking leg off,
  • flaps one tongue,
  • talked leg off,
  • de-scribe,
  • ex pressed,
  • flapping tongue,
  • talk one leg off,
  • de scribed,
  • flap one tongue,
  • flapped ones tongue,
  • ex-pressing,
  • de scribe,
  • ex pressing,
  • in-tones,
  • in toning,
  • in tone,
  • Ventriloquized,
  • talked ones leg off,
  • giving voice to,
  • talks leg off,
  • Ventriloquizing,
  • tells all,
  • flapped one tongue,
  • flap ones tongue,
  • in-toning,
  • ran on,
  • talking ones leg off,
  • telling all,
  • de scribes,
  • flap tongue,
  • ventriloquizes,
  • flaps one's tongue,
  • talks one's leg off,
  • in tones,
  • ex press,
  • commenting on,
  • in-toned,
  • flaps tongue,
  • talked one's leg off,
  • flaps ones tongue,
  • talks ones leg off,
  • talked one leg off,
  • flapped tongue,
  • told all,
  • talk leg off,
  • ex-press,
  • de-scribed,
  • runs on,
  • comments on,
  • talk ones leg off.
  •tell (verb)
  • gave facts,
  • spitted out,
  • lets know,
  • keeping posted,
  • reeled off,
  • calling upon,
  • re quire,
  • re-quire,
  • spat it out,
  • lays open,
  • re-cited,
  • leaves word,
  • re-quires,
  • re citing,
  • spitted it out,
  • leaving word,
  • re-quiring,
  • clues in,
  • called up on,
  • spat out,
  • putting before,
  • spits it out,
  • calls up on,
  • spitting out,
  • gives facts,
  • letted know,
  • re-quired,
  • reeling off,
  • calling up on,
  • re quires,
  • spits out,
  • cluing in,
  • puts before,
  • re cited,
  • re quired,
  • giving facts,
  • left word,
  • letting know,
  • re quiring,
  • reels off,
  • keeps posted,
  • leaved word,
  • call up on,
  • re cites,
  • re-cites,
  • spitting it out.
  •unmask (verb)
  • brought out in to the open,
  • un clothed,
  • un clothes,
  • un masked,
  • un-masks,
  • un mask,
  • bring out in to the open,
  • un-masking,
  • un clad,
  • un-clad,
  • un-earth,
  • un earthing,
  • brought out into the open,
  • un earth,
  • un-earths,
  • un earths,
  • un-clothing,
  • un-mask,
  • un-earthed,
  • un-earthing,
  • un masking,
  • brings out into the open,
  • un-masked,
  • un clothing,
  • un clothe,
  • brings out in to the open,
  • bringing out in to the open,
  • un-clothes,
  • un earthed,
  • un-clothed,
  • un masks,
  • bringing out into the open.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • cough up,
  • cop to,
  • own up,
  • climb down.
  •
  • admit,
  • take back,
  • unburden.
  •apologize
  • bow to,
  • making for,
  • made amends,
  • clear oneself,
  • give satisfaction,
  • making amends,
  • made reparations,
  • made up for,
  • ask forgiveness,
  • say one is sorry,
  • get down on knees,
  • ask pardon,
  • make for,
  • make up for,
  • offer compensation,
  • excuse oneself,
  • giving satisfaction,
  • beg pardon,
  • offer excuse,
  • make amends,
  • admit guilt,
  • make up with,
  • Withdrew,
  • make reparations,
  • made for,
  • makes amends.
  •avow
  • cross one's heart,
  • owning up,
  • swear on bible,
  • swear up and down,
  • proclaims,
  • owns up,
  • owned up.
  •catholicism
  • catholic,
  • papal,
  • imprimatur,
  • r.c.,
  • popery,
  • mortal sin,
  • conclave,
  • confessional,
  • papist,
  • anglo-catholic,
  • the Sacrament of the Sick,
  • excommunicate,
  • limbo,
  • confession,
  • holy father,
  • roman,
  • catholicism,
  • the holy see,
  • papacy,
  • bull,
  • purgatory,
  • confessor,
  • popemobile,
  • indulgence,
  • interdict,
  • apostolic,
  • popish,
  • altar boy,
  • pontificate,
  • encyclical,
  • the Vulgate.
  •confide
  • lay it on,
  • let in on,
  • Intimated,
  • crack to,
  • laid on,
  • bend an ear,
  • lays on,
  • lay the gaff,
  • laying on,
  • spill to,
  • unload on,
  • lay on.
  •disclose
  • unveiled,
  • unfurled,
  • Mouthing,
  • Squealed,
  • come out of the closet,
  • lays bare,
  • let slip,
  • laying bare,
  • made known,
  • laid bare,
  • Mouthed,
  • making known,
  • lay bare,
  • make known,
  • unfurls.
  •let on
  • letting out,
  • let out.
  •reveal
  • give the low-down,
  • let fall,
  • bring out into open,
  • make plain,
  • give the lowdown,
  • let cat out of bag,
  • breaking news,
  • make public,
  • let cat out of the bag,
  • break the news,
  • made public,
  • making public,
  • get out of system,
  • put cards on table.
  •snitch
  • tell on.
  •tell
  • unbosom.
  •Other relevant words:
  • authorization,
  • frankness,
  • admission,
  • mention,
  • out with it,
  • let,
  • acquiesce,
  • professedly,
  • pronounce,
  • proffer,
  • vow,
  • break,
  • set down,
  • charge to,
  • herald,
  • refer to,
  • give evidence,
  • impart,
  • asseverate,
  • fasten upon,
  • plead guilty,
  • avouch,
  • advocate,
  • assume,
  • due to,
  • pretend,
  • signboard,
  • report,
  • bear out,
  • offer,
  • cough,
  • abide by,
  • tell of,
  • give away,
  • impute to,
  • speak for,
  • betray,
  • credit,
  • absolve,
  • concession,
  • support,
  • accede,
  • publish,
  • sing the praises,
  • certify,
  • acceptation,
  • give over,
  • accept,
  • touch on,
  • recognise,
  • anele,
  • claim,
  • bull's eye,
  • point to,
  • sacrificial offering,
  • stick up for,
  • approval,
  • attribute,
  • swear,
  • charge on,
  • do penance,
  • indicate,
  • inform,
  • not oppose,
  • acknowledgment,
  • remorse,
  • reclaim,
  • expose,
  • reception,
  • trumpet,
  • fess,
  • submit,
  • agree,
  • peach,
  • face up to,
  • agreement,
  • tattle,
  • endorsement,
  • confesses,
  • refer,
  • identify,
  • speak up for,
  • distinguish,
  • enunciate,
  • confirmation,
  • lay to,
  • contend for,
  • maintain,
  • fix on,
  • say,
  • avowedly,
  • ratification,
  • stand up for,
  • admit everything,
  • by,
  • acknowledgement,
  • shrift,
  • admittedly,
  • speak,
  • recognition,
  • sign,
  • admittance,
  • consent,
  • grass,
  • recant,
  • Propugn,
  • accredit with,
  • spill,
  • release,
  • hang on,
  • agree provisionally,
  • affirmation,
  • turn inside out,
  • ascribe to,
  • assign to,
  • apply to,
  • credit with,
  • tender,
  • connect with,
  • yield,
  • fix upon,
  • blab,
  • keep in countenance,
  • approbation,
  • blame,
  • accrete to,
  • be penitent,
  • saddle with,
  • bring home to,
  • confessedly,
  • connect,
  • accredit,
  • witness,
  • rue,
  • approved,
  • rat,
  • be sorry for,
  • present,
  • administer extreme unction,
  • account for,
  • permit,
  • Confessing,
  • blame for,
  • blame on,
  • let be known,
  • assent,
  • settle upon,
  • acknowledge defeat,
  • bill,
  • placard,
  • feign,
  • attach to,
  • face,
  • penitence,
  • compunction,
  • avouchment,
  • intimate,
  • owing to,
  • pinpoint,
  • hint at,
  • think better of,
  • oink,
  • contrition,
  • blackleg,
  • clean,
  • cede,
  • attribute to,
  • enounce,
  • assent grudgingly,
  • plead ignorance,
  • confirm,
  • administer absolution,
  • blow the gaff,
  • squeak,
  • cop a plea,
  • hold,
  • passage,
  • receive,
  • acceptance,
  • disburden,
  • adoption,
  • warrant,
  • bring to light,
  • pin on,
  • utter,
  • poster.

Paraphrases for Confess:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    self-confessed.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    acknowledged, avowed.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    acknowledgement.
  • Verb, past tense
    admitted, Told, AM, fell.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    AM, concede, recognise, accept, say.
  • Verb, base form
    concede, recognise, declare, acknowledged, accept, plead, profess, say, commit.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    admit.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    admit.
  • Verb, base form
    admit.

Antonyms for Confess:

• v.

  • admit, confirm
    contradict, condemn, withhold, disavow, reject, repudiate, mask, hide, veto, disown, deny, conceal, suppress, refuse, keep, secrete.
  • Other antonyms:
    rebut, kid, clam up, disallow, screen, quiet, negative, cloak, dissimulate, obscure, negate, dissemble, gainsay, refute, dispute, disguise, shut up, ignore, hush.

Hyponym for Confess:

• v.

  • communication
    admit, acknowledge.