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teller

noun

Definition of tellernext
as in revealer

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Recent Examples of teller The song was inspired by a flirtation that Parton’s husband, Carl Thomas Dean, once had with a bank teller. — Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026 For a mid-career teller in the 1980s, the ATM posed far less of a threat to employment than many forecasts suggested. — Adam Schickling, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026 Chief operations officer Kara Cardona, for instance, started her journey at Navy Federal 25 years ago as a part-time teller while stationed with her family in Puerto Rico. — Haniya Rae, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Johnson is a truth teller and has been a Hall of Fame-caliber player in other schemes. — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for teller
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teller
  1. revealer
  2. gossiper
  3. discloser
  4. spy
  5. gazer
  6. snoop
  7. peeper
  8. snooper
Noun
  • Experiment with possible emphases of this puzzle’s revealer, at 55A, to make sense of the grid’s three themed entries.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of revealer
Noun
  • Celebrity gossiper Rob Shuter reported that the two recently let go of a number of their staff.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Her staff figured out how to get rid of the gossiper.
    — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2025
Definition of gossiper
Noun
  • Many were, and are, attracted to Pynchon because of the abnormal discloser in his books, especially in a pre-internet age.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Definition of discloser
Noun
  • Charland said before becoming America’s first spy, Nathan grew up on a farm in Coventry.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The head of China’s Ministry of State Security, its spy agency, warned in an article Sunday that AI poses many threats to the country, from political and ideological security to cyberattacks.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of spy
Noun
  • Wrestlers like Garcia and Stewart have achieved what Morrison has set his sights on, but Morrison isn’t a star gazer.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2026
Definition of gazer
Noun
  • Except Leo is the opposite of a snoop.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Terrible for me, an incorrigible snoop of other people’s phones, but probably a good thing for society at large.
    — David Pierce, The Verge, 28 Feb. 2026
Definition of snoop
Noun
  • Similar to how goggles protect your peepers from chlorine (and the burning feeling that can follow after opening your eyes in a swimming pool), goggles work very well to combat onion tears, Hale says.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2026
  • The House advanced the bill codifying the peeper’s status, House Bill 5534, this week by a vote of 136-0.
    — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
Definition of peeper
Noun
  • Rather than being a delightful add-on, rechargeability in a poison-snooper could save lives in non-electrified remote locations, or in disaster zones where electricity is temporarily unavailable.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The Department’s mistake is to worry about Sarah instead of Zoë, the professional snooper.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
Definition of snooper

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“Teller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teller. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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