divulge C2+ Topic:Cause, Change & Process US /daɪˈvʌldʒ/ UK /daɪˈvʌldʒ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 verb to make known or reveal a secret or private information He refused to divulge the name of his confidential source. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to make known or reveal a... discloserevealbetrayimpartexposeunveil ↔ Opposites concealhidewithholdsuppress Word family Derived forms divulgencedivulgementdivulger Related forms vulgardivulgatevulgarize Etymology AI details From Latin divulgare ('to publish, make common'), from dis- ('apart, widely') + vulgare ('to make common'), from vulgus ('the common people'). divulgare Latin vulgus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Cause, Change & Process External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # divulge **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /daɪˈvʌldʒ/ **IPA (UK):** /daɪˈvʌldʒ/ ## Meanings 1. to make known or reveal a secret or private information ## Examples - He refused to divulge the name of his confidential source. ## Synonyms - disclose - reveal - betray - impart - expose - unveil ## Antonyms - conceal - hide - withhold - suppress ## Derived Forms - divulgence - divulgement - divulger ## Related Forms - vulgar - divulgate - vulgarize ## Roots and Affixes - Root: divulgare - Root: vulgus ## Etymology From Latin divulgare ('to publish, make common'), from dis- ('apart, widely') + vulgare ('to make common'), from vulgus ('the common people'). ## AI Etymology Divulge is from Latin divulgare ('to publish, make common'), from dis- ('apart, widely') + vulgare ('to make common'), from vulgus ('the common people'). Important recorded forms include divulgare (Latin) and vulgus (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to make known or reveal a secret or private information. The wider family includes derived forms such as divulgence, divulgement, and divulger and related words such as vulgar, divulgate, and vulgarize. ## Topics - Cause, Change & Process markdown