Antonyms for tail
teɪltail

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1. tailnoun

   Sexual intercourse.

   I'm gonna get me some tail tonight.

   Synonyms:
   pussy, punani, poon, ass, tang, poontang

Matched Categories

1. • Body Part
   • Cut
   • End
   • Follower
   • Process
   • Projection
   • Rear
   • Reverse
   • Spy
   • Top

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1. tailnoun

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

   Antonyms:
   head

   Synonyms:
   fanny, seat, butt, empennage, rear end, shadower, can, nates, shadow, fundament, posterior, buttocks, behind, stern, bottom, backside, bum, tail assembly, buns, hindquarters, tail end, derriere, tooshie, fag end, hind end, rump, keister, ass, prat, arse, quarter, rear, tush, after part, poop

2. fag end, tail, tail endnoun

   the time of the last part of something

   "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm"

   Antonyms:
   head

   Synonyms:
   fanny, seat, butt, empennage, rear end, shadower, can, nates, shadow, fundament, posterior, buttocks, behind, stern, bottom, backside, bum, tail assembly, buns, hindquarters, tail end, derriere, tooshie, fag end, hind end, rump, keister, ass, prat, arse, quarter, rear, tush, after part, poop

3. tail, tail endnoun

   any projection that resembles the tail of an animal

   Antonyms:
   head

   Synonyms:
   fanny, seat, butt, empennage, rear end, shadower, can, nates, shadow, fundament, posterior, buttocks, behind, stern, bottom, backside, bum, tail assembly, buns, hindquarters, tail end, derriere, tooshie, fag end, hind end, rump, keister, ass, prat, arse, quarter, rear, tush, after part, poop

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

   the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

   "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

   Antonyms:
   head

   Synonyms:
   screw, arse, keister, female genital organ, substructure, stinkpot, goat, cornerstone, stern, lavatory, git, croup, arsehole, butt, shadower, crapper, commode, throne, skunk, base, tooshie, foundation, butt end, lav, derriere, can buoy, shag, place, seat, prat, bottomland, hind end, behind, tin can, scum bag, asshole, freighter, understructure, ass, stub, backside, after part, female genitals, tramp, female genitalia, idler, nookie, toilet, piece of tail, laughingstock, shtup, poop, foot, screwing, posterior, potty, bathroom, quarter, do-nothing, back end, dirty dog, tush, merchantman, canful, can, croupe, butt joint, john, back tooth, bunghole, nates, rat, rump, nooky, pot, back, privy, underside, piece of ass, rear end, rear, layabout, bottom, buns, merchant ship, undersurface, tail assembly, hobo, loafer, fundament, stool, roll in the hay, empennage, rotter, so-and-so, stooge, target, stinker, buttocks, bottom of the inning, hindquarters, bum, cigaret, coffin nail, tin, crumb, groundwork, shadow, fag end, cigarette, bed, basis, tail end, fanny, lowlife, puke

5. tail, shadow, shadowernoun

   a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements

   Antonyms:
   head

   Synonyms:
   fanny, phantom, seat, butt, empennage, rear end, shadower, apparition, dark, can, nates, shadow, fundament, posterior, buttocks, behind, stern, bottom, backside, bum, vestige, tail assembly, buns, phantasm, tincture, hindquarters, tail end, derriere, tooshie, fag end, fantasm, hind end, rump, keister, darkness, ass, prat, arse, quarter, rear, trace, tush, phantasma, after part, poop

6. tailnoun

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

   Antonyms:
   head

   Synonyms:
   fanny, seat, butt, empennage, rear end, shadower, can, nates, shadow, fundament, posterior, buttocks, behind, stern, bottom, backside, bum, tail assembly, buns, hindquarters, tail end, derriere, tooshie, fag end, hind end, rump, keister, ass, prat, arse, quarter, rear, tush, after part, poop

7. tail, tail assembly, empennagenoun

   the rear part of an aircraft

   Antonyms:
   head

   Synonyms:
   fanny, seat, butt, empennage, rear end, shadower, can, nates, shadow, fundament, posterior, buttocks, behind, stern, bottom, backside, bum, tail assembly, buns, hindquarters, tail end, derriere, tooshie, fag end, hind end, rump, keister, ass, prat, arse, quarter, rear, tush, after part, poop

8. stern, after part, quarter, poop, tailverb

   the rear part of a ship

   Antonyms:
   head

   Synonyms:
   fourth, fag end, seat, nincompoop, butt, shite, quarter, shadower, can, nates, quartern, crap, shadow, fundament, low-down, posterior, buttocks, behind, shit, ninny, stern, bottom, twenty-five percent, backside, bum, empennage, fourth part, tail assembly, buns, the skinny, hindquarters, tail end, derriere, tooshie, one-quarter, turd, dirt, hind end, rump, keister, ass, prat, arse, fanny, rear, tush, after part, poop, one-fourth, dope, rear end

9. chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, trackverb

   go after with the intent to catch

   "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"

   Antonyms:
   head

   Synonyms:
   give chase, quest for, traverse, pass over, chase after, cut through, cover, shack, chamfer, mark, get over, chase, drop back, cut across, furrow, go after, get across, trail, train, bob, get behind, label, dog, track, pursue, cross, tag, quest after, drag, dock, hang back, drop behind

10. dock, tail, bobverb

    remove or shorten the tail of an animal

    Antonyms:
    head

    Synonyms:
    bobsled, dog, chase after, curtsy, dock, bob, tag, track, chase, trail, go after, give chase

11. tailverb

    remove the stalk of fruits or berries

    Antonyms:
    head

    Synonyms:
    chase after, dock, dog, trail, tag, track, chase, bob, go after, give chase

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1. tailnoun

   Associated words:
   caudal, dock, scut, prehensile, caudate, bicaudal, rump, uropygium

How to use tail in a sentence?

1. Tanner Tredaway:

   Dream come true, we’ve all just worked our tail off. I just can’t be more proud of these guys and all we’ve put into that’s led up to this moment now.

2. Albert Einstein, when asked to describe radio:

   You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.

3. Arian Vojdani:

   We are at the tail-end of a strong earnings and that's still playing in. They want to be a part of what looks like a strong year despite any type of headline shock.

4. Kyosuke Suzuki:

   The market has witnessed this before - it remembers the brinkmanship during the Greek debt negotiations of 2011. There are only nine trading days left until the Feb. 28 deadline but some see that as enough time. Thus we are not seeing the euro sold in panic, on the other hand tail risk is definitely rising. This is limiting bargain-hunting of the euro by short-term players and the currency will remain under selling pressure.

5. Darren Huston:

   Travel is growing at twice the rate of GDP. Do-it-yourself travel is growing faster than packaged travel. And online is growing faster than offline. So we've got three tail winds.

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