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

The life-size robotic elephants in Prasanth Prakashan's backyard workshop have ears that flap, tails that swish and trunks that squirt water. — ABC News, 3 July 2026

Opossums have hairless tails, ears and paws susceptible to frostbite. — Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

With their snouts, the pigs would feel each beat of my heart the way a human would feel a silver dollar that had been flipped in the air then caught in an open palm, flipped and caught, coming up heads or tails, whichever side had been called when the coin was at its apogee. — Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026

Dogs of all shapes and sizes entered the gates of Citi Field Thursday night with wagging tails, floppy ears and plenty of Mets gear. — Christina Cardona, USA Today, 26 June 2026

Their tails rattle to warn away predators, including people. — Eva Flowe june 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2026

Considerations when choosing swimming pool dive toys Design Popular designs for swimming pool dive toys include sticks, rings, balls with tails, and torpedoes. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026

Those guys have busted their tails. — Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2026

Zendaya wore an ensemble from one of her favorite brands, Louis Vuitton, stepping out in a bold-shoulder military jacket complete with tails. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 18 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