What is another word for confess?
934 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ kənfˈɛs], [ kənfˈɛs], [ k_ə_n_f_ˈɛ_s]Table of Contents
Similar words for confess:- unburden (adjective)
- come clean (noun)
- confess (noun)
- acknowledge (verb)
- admit, confirm (verb)
- allow (verb)
- apologize (verb)
- avow (verb)
- come clean (verb)
- communication (verb)
- concede (verb)
- confide (verb)
- declare (verb)
- disclose (verb)
- fess up (verb)
- let on (verb)
- own (verb)
- profess (verb)
- recognize (verb)
- reveal (verb)
- snitch (verb)
- talk (verb)
- tell (verb)
- unmask (verb)
- other synonyms
- apologize
- avow
- catholicism
- confide
- disclose
- let on
- reveal
- snitch
- tell
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Confess:
adj.
•unburden (adjective)n.
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- acknowledge.
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- state.
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- affirm.
- come.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- brief,
- communicate,
- announce,
- exhibit,
- express,
- disseminate,
- unmask,
- proclaim,
- advertise,
- testify,
- uncloak,
- broadcast.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
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- cough up,
- cop to,
- own up,
- climb down.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
self-confessed.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
acknowledged, avowed.
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Noun, singular or mass
acknowledgement.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
admit.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
admit.
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Verb, base form
admit.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Confess:
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v.
Hyponym for Confess:
v.
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communication
admit, acknowledge.
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communication