known — OAT · Shobdo

known

adjective

1 a known fact | a known criminal:

recognized, well known, widely known, generally known, publicly known, noted, celebrated, notable, notorious;

admitted, acknowledged, confessed, self-confessed, avowed, declared, overt, proclaimed, published, revealed, publicized.

▷antonyms secret.

2 the known world:

familiar, known about, well known;

studied, investigated.

▷antonyms unknown.

□ make known

confidential information should not be made known to a third party:

disclose, reveal, divulge, tell, impart, communicate, pass on, vouchsafe, unfold;

release, make public, broadcast, publish, report, unveil;

leak, betray, let slip, let drop, blurt out, give away;

admit, confess;

informal let on, blab, spill the beans about, spill, let the cat out of the bag about, blow the lid off, squeal about;

British, informal blow the gaff;

archaic discover, unbosom.