TAILS Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

tails 1 of 2

noun

plural of tail

as in entourages

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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Relevance

as in cheeks

the part of the body upon which someone sits get your tail in here

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as in backs

a behind part or surface the tail of the ship

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tails

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of tail

as in chases

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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Recent Examples of tails

Noun

For years, the top theory was that water came to our planet via comets — objects made of frozen matter that orbit the sun, often decorated with sparkling tails. —

Quanta Magazine, 12 June 2026 Modern Pastry Shop is for buying sfogliatella (lobster tails). —

Michele Herrmann, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 For example, Sonic's iconic spin dash is here, as well as Tails' propeller tails and Knuckles' trademark glide. —

Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 8 June 2026 Summer dresses, hats, top hats, and tails were the order of the day as the congregation entered the pretty village church, which is equidistant from Gatcombe Park—Princess Anne's Gloucestershire estate where Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall grew up—and the Sperling family home in South Cerney. —

Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 6 June 2026 Summer dresses, hats, top hats and tails were the order of the day as the congregation entered the pretty village church, which is equidistant from Gatcombe Park—Princess Anne's Gloucestershire estate where Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall grew up—and the Sperling family home in South Cerney. —

Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Glamour, 6 June 2026 Leave the tails on or remove them prior to cooking according to your preference. —

Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 5 June 2026 Tail Partbreaker Increases part damage accumulated on breakable tails. —

Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 4 June 2026 Blue, channel, and white cats are the only United States catfish species that have distinctly forked tails. —

Ken Perrotte, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026

Verb

Cuevas remembers the wins, the journey and the spiral — Penix, as a lefty, threw a distinct ball that tails away from pass-catchers. —

Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 28 Feb. 2026

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Noun

Long before private jets and sprawling entourages became standard for global superstars, Starr and his bandmates — Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison — were simply four young men navigating fame together, suitcase by suitcase.

— Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Sure, there were others — boyfriends came and went, entourages, too.

— Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026