teller

noun

Definition of tellernext
as in revealer

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Recent Examples of teller In our demonizing present, the story of such a pioneering truth-teller speaks powerfully to the needs of our blended American future. — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026 Police identified the robber as Best after a teller gave a description of the robber. — Arkansas Online, 17 July 2026 Therefore, a worried teller or fraud analyst still has to notice the warning signs and act. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026 When Aaron Paul’s Jeff attempts to make a suspicious deposit, the bank teller (a game Nina Dobrev) demands to be in on the deal, in the sort of neo-noir twist that could suggest a rich film world populated with bizarre freaks of all stripes. — Elena Lazic, Variety, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for teller
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teller
  1. gossiper
  2. discloser
  3. spy
  4. gazer
  5. snoop
  6. peeper
  7. snooper
  8. tattler
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
  • Like…one part princess…one part stripper…one part Russian spy.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Swashbuckling adventures and war epics proliferated in the ’30s and ’40s, while things took a turn toward spies, cops, assassins, and sci-fi in later generations.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 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
Noun
  • Tattling to the Bachelor doesn’t always go well for the tattler.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Mortimer Zuckerman, the owner, hired him to replace a British editor who had turned it from a brash, tough-guy paper into a tattler of celebrity gossip and supermarket tabloid stunts.
    — Robert D. McFadden, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2020
Definition of tattler

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