TAILS Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

tails 1 of 2

noun

plural of tail

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

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as in cheeks

the part of the body upon which someone sits get your tail in here

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as in backs

a behind part or surface the tail of the ship

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tails

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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

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Noun

His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!

Clement Clarke Moore, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
His cheeks were hollow, and a grizzled beard, which hadn’t seen a proper shave in weeks, made his face look older and all the more haggard.

Lee Chang-dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024

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