Synonyms of tails

tails 1 of 2

noun

plural of tail

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• entourages
• crews
• posses
• suites
• staffs
• retinues
• trains
• followings
• corteges
• assistants
• helpers
• retainers
• attendants
• courts
• personnels

2

as in cheeks

the part of the body upon which someone sits

get your tail in here

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheeks
• bums
• seats
• rumps
• bottoms
• buns
• behinds
• butts
• haunches
• backsides
• posteriors
• rears
• buttocks
• fannies
• breeches
• tushes
• cans
• hams
• tail ends
• booties
• rear ends
• cabooses
• heinies
• nates
• beams
• sterns
• fundaments
• derrieres
• hunkers
• keisters
• duffs
• moons

3

as in backs

a behind part or surface

the tail of the ship

Synonyms & Similar Words

• backs
• rears
• reverses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• faces
• fronts
• foreheads
• foreparts

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chases
• tracks
• pursues
• dogs
• escorts
• traces
• trails
• shadows
• follows
• tags
• courses
• hounds
• runs after
• accompanies
• eyes
• bird-dogs
• runs
• watches
• hunts
• seeks
• searches (for)
• chaperones
• observes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• leads
• guides
• pilots
• heads

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tails

Noun

This is also why bucks generally have shorter tails than does, and less white on the rump. — Tom Carpenter, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026

Beer is bringing four cosmetics to the Item Shop, with her cats Mookie and Maple being more cuddly than usual with their tails intertwined. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2026

Many venomous snakes can be distinguished by the rattle on their tails. — Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 21 Sep. 2026

If the coin lands on tails, don’t add the edge in the binomial graph. — Paulina Rowińska, Quanta Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026

After learning that Manchester whipped Maggie with a cat-o’-nine-tails, Lizzie agrees to help the Borden family’s maid kill her. — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

Other vipers are known to flick their tails, especially baby vipers with bright green or neon yellow tail tips that might appear like a wiggly worm to unsuspecting frogs. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026

The workers would be fined if their tails were dirty, their satin ears crooked. — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

The lights dangled from white beams, their power cables coiled and hanging like tails. — Caitlín Doherty, Artforum, 1 Sep. 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