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

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

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Recent Examples of tails

Noun

As the two galaxies converged, each would pull the other apart like taffy, creating long tendrils of stars, gas and dust called tidal tails. —

Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 May 2026 Recognition software helped to identify the whales based on their tails' color patterns and jagged edges. —

ABC News, 19 May 2026 Limbs, tails and nervous tissue can be damaged surprisingly easily in aquatic habitats filled with predators, debris, and competition. —

Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026 These gentle giants used the surface area of their long necks and tails to shed heat and regulate their body temperature. —

Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 May 2026 In honor of Blomstedt’s return to the podium, the orchestra will be outfitted in formal white tie and tails. —

Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 14 May 2026 Various engineers seeking superior grip performance have employed biomimicry in their designs, which have been inspired by seed pods, elephant trunks, lobster tails (in fact, using actual lobster tails), and, of course, octopus limbs. —

New Atlas, 13 May 2026 In some cases, organizers may withhold the exact location or time until close to the event, the better to keep police off their tails. —

Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 9 May 2026 The other mate denied knowledge of the undersized lobsters and wrung tails, and the FWC said Perez was the one in possession of the lobsters found on the boat, according to the report. —

David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 7 May 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tails

Noun

Long before private jets and sprawling entourages became standard for global superstars, Starr and his bandmates — Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison — were simply four young men navigating fame together, suitcase by suitcase.

— Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Sure, there were others — boyfriends came and went, entourages, too.

— Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026