Synonymes de Ask, Answer, Explain, Say, Tell

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Synonymes pour ne pas toujours dire SAY,TELL, ASK, ANSWER, EXPLAIN- Fiche basée sur un document de cardalie.

• ASK: canvass, catechize,challenge, cross-examine, demand, direct, enjoin, examine, give the third degree, go over, hunt for, inquire, pick one’s brain, pry into, pump, put the screws to, put through the wringer, query, quiz, request.

• ANSWER : acknowledge, anwer back, argue, backtalk, claim, contest, counterclaim, defend, deny, disprove, dispute, echo, feedback, field the question, give a snappy comeback, parry, plead, rebut, refute, rejoin, remark, resolve, respond, retaliate, retort, squelch.

• EXPLAIN : account for, analyse, annotate, break down, bring out, clarify, clear up, construe, decipher,define, demonstrate, describe, elucidate, expand, go into detail, illustrate, interpret, justify, make plain, manifest, paraphrase, point out, render, set right, throw light upon, unfold, unravel, untangle.

• SAY: affirm, allege, announce,assert, claim, come out with, conjecture, convey, declare, deliver,disclose, divulge, estimate, express, give voice, guess, imagine, imply, jaw, judge, maintain, make down, mention, opine, perform, relate, remark, report, respond, reveal, rumor, state, suggest, utter, vent, verbalize.

• TELL : acquaint, advise, apprise, authorize, bid, break the news, call upon, clue in, command, confess, declare, direct, give facts,inform, instruct, keep posted, leak, leave word, let in on, let know, let slip, level, make known, notify, open up, order, proclaim, reel off, represent, require, reveal, spit it out, state, summon.