Tail synonyms
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A short piece or length remaining after the main part has been removed or used up
(Espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
rear appendage
The prolongation of the spinal column
To observe or follow closely; monitor:
A device of wires attached in a fanlike spread to a handle, used as on drums or cymbals for a swishing or muted effect
(Nautical, often used attributively) A signal flag.
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cauda (Latin)
The prolongation of the spinal column
Any of various tall, coarse weeds (genus Rumex) of the buckwheat family, with stout taproots, small green or brown flowers, and large leaves
Having a tail or taillike part
The definition of an extremity is a limb of the body, the outer part of something, or a state of danger.
caudal appendage
The prolongation of the spinal column
scut
A contemptible person
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A movable piece attached to the vertical stabilizer of an aircraft, etc., used for controlling direction to the left or right
A gesture by a conductor signaling the entrance of a performer or part.
fly-swatter
Alternative form of flyswatter.
A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the tassel is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end. Tassels are normally decorative elements, and as such one often finds them attached, usually along the bottom hem, to garments, curtains or other hangings.
wagger
One who, or that which, wags.
last part
The end of anything, especially if elongated
hindmost part
The end of anything, especially if elongated
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head (antonym)
A projection, weight, or fixture at the end of an elongated object:
beginning (antonym)
The first part:
rear (related)
The part of a military deployment usually farthest from the fighting front.
end (related)
The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
Relating to or near the tail or hind parts of an animal.
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caudiform
(Zoology) Resembling a tail
Having a keen intellect or powerful memory:
(Baseball) Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior"
To provide with a back or backing
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To have or strike the underside against something:
To hit or push against with the head or horns; ram.
To act in agreement or compliance with; obey:
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To continue in force or practice:
To put a seat or bottom in.
To go through (an area) in pursuit of prey or quarry.
To follow after; accompany:
front (antonym)
A specified area of activity
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Something left over.
(Figuratively) The last part of a period of time, event, or situation; the concluding or final part.
The definition of a train is something that hangs down and trails behind.
The track or trail left in the water by a moving ship or boat
A person who watches, esp. one who keeps watch beside a sick or dead person
To hold or secure with a mechanical dog
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To follow the course taken by; pursue:
precede (related)
precede (plural precedes) Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)
investigate (related)
An agent assigned to observe and report on another
The rear end of anything
the rear part of a ship
The moment marking the end of each fourth of an hour
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A person regarded as very disagreeable.
tail assembly
the rear part of an aircraft
(Slang, Brit.) The buttocks; ass
A lazy or shiftless person, especially one who seeks to live solely by the support of others.
(Slang) A toilet or restroom.
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the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Plural form of hindquarter
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
(Slang) The buttocks
The last, unimportant or inferior part; mere remnant
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Behind means the buttocks.
The buttocks
(Chiefly British Vulgar Slang) The female genitals.
An ass is a word used to describe someone that is stupid, foolish or behaving badly, often considered a curse word or swear word.
shadower
One who shadows.
fag-end
the time of the last part of something
To cut (hair, a tail, etc.) short; dock
To go or follow in pursuit.
beak (related)
snout (related)
fin (related)
nose (related)
feather (related)
neck (related)
jaw (related)
flap (related)
leg (related)
mane (related)
claw (related)
flipper (related)
collar (related)
stubby (related)
foreleg (related)
pincers (related)
hind part
The prolongation of the spinal column
To proceed along, follow, or continue with (a specified course, action, plan, etc.)
Find another word for tail. In this page you can discover 107 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for tail, like: stub, rear-end, shadow, rear appendage, bird-dog, brush, flag, cauda (Latin), dock, caudate and extremity.