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

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

Crawfish étouffée, the Cajun dish made by his dad, John Jefferson, features crawfish tails in a flavorful, buttery gravy served over rice. — Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 9 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

The sea-and-land menu is the star of the show, with premium cuts of beef including A5 Japanese wagyu and fresh lobster tails at market price. — Nora Heston Tarte, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2026

His job included photographing whale tails to identify individual animals and monitor their movements. — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Katharina Fritsch’s giant sculpture Rat-King (1993) refers to the strange phenomenon of a group of rodents getting bound together through an accidental intertwining of their tails. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 20 Aug. 2026

The campaign teaches the kiddos that mayors in purple tails and top hats are not always the big bads to the animal kingdom. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 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