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Synonyms for telling
ˈtɛl ɪŋtelling
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Princeton's WordNet
relation, telling, recountingnoun
an act of narration
"he was the hero according to his own relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable"
Synonyms:
notification, sexual relation, tattle, intercourse, sexual intercourse, singing, copulation, recounting, relation back, carnal knowledge, apprisal, relation, coitus, sex act, relative, congress, sexual congress, coitionAntonyms:
uninformative, uneffective, ineffectual, ineffective, dissuasivetelling, apprisal, notificationnoun
informing by words
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presentment, recounting, tattle, notice, relation, singing, notification, apprisalAntonyms:
uninformative, ineffective, dissuasive, ineffectual, uneffectivetattle, singing, tellingadjective
disclosing information or giving evidence about another
Synonyms:
vocalizing, recounting, tattle, relation, singing, notification, apprisalAntonyms:
dissuasive, uninformative, uneffective, ineffectual, ineffectiverevealing, telling, telltale(a)adjective
disclosing unintentionally
"a telling smile"; "a telltale panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down"
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uneffective, ineffectual, dissuasive, uninformative, ineffectivecogent, telling, weightyadjective
powerfully persuasive
"a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument"
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heavy, corpulent, obese, weighty, grave, revealing, telltale(a), rotund, impressive, grievous, cogentAntonyms:
dissuasive, uneffective, ineffective, ineffectual, uninformativeimpressive, tellingadjective
producing a strong effect
"gave an impressive performance as Othello"; "a telling gesture"
Synonyms:
weighty, revealing, impressive, cogent, telltale(a)Antonyms:
uninformative, dissuasive, uneffective, ineffectual, ineffective
Editors Contribution
cogentadjective
Submitted by Providence on July 16, 2023
Dictionary of English Synonymes
tellingadjective
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effective
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
tellingadjective
Synonyms:
effective, cogent, potent, conclusivetellingnoun
Synonyms:
notification, apprising, communication, relation, narration, recital, divulgement
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#496 | say | |
#689 | notice | |
#723 | tell | |
#1068 | effective | |
#2062 | congress | |
#2145 | heavy | |
#2180 | saying | |
#2389 | powerful | |
#2927 | relative | |
#3391 | relation | |
#3802 | notification | |
#4761 | telling | |
#5801 | pointed | |
#6018 | singing | |
#6716 | impressive | |
#8065 | grave | |
#13047 | revealing | |
#14331 | intercourse | |
#19528 | obese | |
#31118 | eloquent | |
#40529 | grievous | |
#42333 | cogent | |
#48375 | weighty | |
#52725 | recounting | |
#69813 | presentment | |
#83662 | copulation | |
#94399 | coitus | |
#102240 | tattle | |
#141523 | rotund | |
#170778 | corpulent | |
#177502 | vocalizing | |
#312986 | coition |
How to use telling in a sentence?
Racism -- it's never going to stop, not as long as white people are raising children telling them the black man is beneath them.
This President stands at a podium today and not only contradicts This President CDC director, but basically says This President perjured This President under oath before Congress because This President is saying something different than Donald Trump, the CDC director is telling us the truth. Donald Trump is literally lying to us.
Any senator who votes against starting debate is really telling America that you're fine with Obamacare.
It all goes back to consumer expectations, and what are you creating if you start telling people you can't get them (movies) in your home quicker?
Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide says Haiti is a country with many victims of prejudice. I think he is telling the truth.
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