tail end

noun

1

: the concluding period

the tail end of the session

2

: buttocks, rump

3

: the hindmost end

Synonyms

• backside
• behind
• booty [slang]
• bootie
• bottom
• breech
• bum
• buns
• butt
• buttocks
• caboose
• can
• cheeks
• derriere
• derrière
• duff
• fanny
• fundament
• hams
• haunches
• heinie [slang]
• hunkers
• keister [slang]
• keester
• nates
• posterior
• rear
• rear end
• rump
• seat
• tail
• tush [slang]

Examples of tail end in a Sentence

all I saw was his tail end vanishing around the door

Recent Examples on the Web

Colorado, which was playing tail end of a back-to-back set, won 4-2 at Honda Center on Sunday night behind four unanswered goals in the second half of the third period. —Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2025

Still, given he’s been available save for the team occasionally resting him on either the front or tail end of games on consecutive nights, Williams remains dumbfounded the process got reversed. —Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2025

That being said, plans to build a multimillion-dollar residence or sprawling compound on the lot overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and intracoastal from its tail ends are not approved. —Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2025

Then again, maybe an Emira with a stick shift and AMG turbo-four would just be too perfect of a car, in this liminal tail end of the internal-combustion era. —Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for tail end

• amend
• append
• ascend
• attend
• backend
• befriend
• boyfriend
• commend
• compend
• contend
• defend
• depend

Kids Definition

tail end

noun

: the last part

the tail end of summer