tail - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body

Synonyms

• tail

More generic

• appendage
• outgrowth
• process

More specific

• bob
• bobtail
• brush
• caudal appendage
• dock
• flag
• fluke
• oxtail
• rattle
• scut
• uropygium

Related

• dock

Related

• craniate
• vertebrate

Noun

the rear part of a ship

Synonyms

• after part
• poop
• quarter
• stern
• tail

More generic

• back
• rear

Related

• escutcheon
• skeg

Related

• ship

Noun

the rear part of an aircraft

Synonyms

• empennage
• tail
• tail assembly

More generic

• back
• rear

Related

• horizontal tail
• stabilizer
• vertical tail

Related

• fuselage

Noun

(usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head

Synonyms

• tail

More generic

• reverse
• verso

Opposite / Antonyms

• head

Related

• coin

Noun

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

Synonyms

• arse
• ass
• backside
• behind
• bottom
• bum
• buns
• butt
• buttocks
• can
• derriere
• fanny
• fundament
• hind end
• hindquarters
• keister
• nates
• posterior
• prat
• rear
• rear end
• rump
• seat
• stern
• tail
• tail end
• tooshie
• tush

More generic

• body part

Related

• body
• torso
• trunk

Noun

a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements

Synonyms

• shadow
• shadower
• tail

More generic

• follower
• spy

Noun

any projection that resembles the tail of an animal

Synonyms

• tail
• tail end

More generic

• projection

Noun

the time of the last part of something

Synonyms

• fag end
• tail
• tail end

More generic

• end
• ending

Verb

remove the stalk of fruits or berries

Synonyms

• tail

More generic

• pinch
• top

Verb

remove or shorten the tail of an animal

Synonyms

• bob
• dock
• tail

More generic

• cut

Verb

go after with the intent to catch

Synonyms

• chase
• chase after
• dog
• give chase
• go after
• tag
• tail
• track
• trail

More generic

• follow
• pursue

More specific

• hound
• hunt
• quest
• run down
• trace
• tree

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