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Synonyms & Antonyms of tail
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person
- the tail that accompanies the prince wherever he goes
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2
the part of the body upon which someone sits
- get your tail in here
Synonyms for tail
- backside,
- behind,
- booty
- (also bootie)
- [slang],
- bottom,
- breech,
- bum,
- buns,
- butt,
- buttocks,
- caboose,
- can,
- cheeks,
- derriere
- (or derrière),
- duff,
- fanny,
- fundament,
- hams,
- haunches,
- heinie
- [slang],
- hunkers,
- keister
- (also keester)
- [slang],
- nates,
- posterior,
- rear,
- rear end,
- rump,
- seat,
- tail end,
- tush
- [slang]
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of tail (Entry 2 of 2)
to go after or on the track of
- detectives tailed the suspect to see where he was going at that time of the evening
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The first known use of tail was before the 12th century
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