Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

knowledge &c 490; publicity &c 531; data &c 467. communication, intimation; notice, notification; enunciation, annunciation; announcement; communiqué; representation, round robin, presentment. case, estimate, specification, report, advice, monition; news &c 532; return &c (record) 551; account &c (description) 594; statement &c (affirmation) 535. mention; acquainting &c v.; instruction &c (teaching) 537; outpouring; intercommunication, communicativeness. informant, authority, teller, intelligencer†, reporter, exponent, mouthpiece; informer, eavesdropper, delator, detective; sleuth; mouchard†, spy, newsmonger; messenger &c 534; amicus curiae [Lat.]. valet de place, cicerone, pilot, guide; guidebook, handbook; vade mecum [Lat.]; manual; map, plan, chart, gazetteer; itinerary &c (journey) 266. hint, suggestion, innuendo, inkling, whisper, passing word, word in the ear, subaudition†, cue, byplay; gesture &c (indication) 550; gentle hint, broad hint; verbum sapienti [Lat.], a word to the wise; insinuation &c (latency) 526. information theory. [units of information] bit, byte, word, doubleword [Comp.], quad word, paragraph, segment. [information storage media] magnetic media, paper medium, optical media; random access memory, RAM; read-only memory, ROM; write once read mostly memory, WORM. V. tell; inform, inform of; acquaint, acquaint with; impart, impart to; make acquaintance with, apprise, advise, enlighten, awaken; transmit. let fall, mention, express, intimate, represent, communicate, make known; publish &c 531; notify, signify, specify, convey the knowledge of. let one know, have one to know; give one to understand; give notice; set before, lay before, put before; point out, put into one's head; put one in possession of; instruct &c (teach) 537; direct the attention to &c 457. announce, annunciate; report, report progress; bringword†, send word, leave word, write word; telegraph, telephone; wire; retail, render an account; give an account &c (describe) 594; state &c (affirm) 535. [disclose inadvertently or reluctantly] let slip, blurt out, spill the beans, unburden oneself of, let off one's chest; disclose &c 529. show cause; explain &c (interpret) 522. hint; given an inkling of; give a hint, drop a hint, throw out a hint; insinuate; allude to, make allusion to; glance at; tip the wink &c (indicate) 550; suggest, prompt, give the cue, breathe; whisper, whisper in the ear. give a bit of one's mind; tell one plainly, tell once for all; speak volumes. undeceive†, unbeguile†; set right, correct, open the eyes of, disabuse, disillusion one of. be informed of &c; know &c 490; learn &c 539; get scent of, get wind of, gather from; awaken to, open one's eyes to; become alive, become awake to; hear, overhear, understand. come to one's ears, come to one's knowledge; reach one's ears. Adj. informed &c v.; communique; reported &c v.; published &c 531. expressive &c 516; explicit &c (open) 525, (clear) 518; plain spoken &c, (artless) 703. nuncupative, nuncupatory†; declaratory, expository; enunciative†; communicative, communicatory†. Adv. from information received. Phr. a little bird told me; I heard it through the grapevine. 527a. Correction [Correct an error of information; distinguish from correcting a flaw or misbehavior] — N. correction. disillusionment &c 616. V. correct, set right, set straight, put straight; undeceive†; enlighten. show one one's error; point out an error, point out a fallacy; pick out an error, pick out the fallacy; open one's eyes. pick apart an argument, confutation &c 479; reasoning &c 476. Adj. corrective. Phr. I stand corrected.