Definition of tail

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• tail is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 4
• tail is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 4
• tail is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 5

Definition of tail

• a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. shadow
  2. shadower
• the rear part of a ship (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. after part
  2. poop
  3. quarter
  4. stern
• go after with the intent to catch (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. chase
  2. chase after
  3. dog
  4. give chase
  5. go after
  6. tag
  7. track
  8. trail
• any projection that resembles the tail of an animal (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. tail end
• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. arse
  2. ass
  3. backside
  4. behind
  5. bottom
  6. bum
  7. buns
  8. butt
  9. buttocks
  10. can
  11. derriere
  12. fanny
  13. fundament
  14. hind end
  15. hindquarters
  16. keister
  17. nates
  18. posterior
  19. prat
  20. rear
  21. rear end
  22. rump
  23. seat
  24. stern
  25. tail end
  26. tooshie
  27. tush
• the rear part of an aircraft (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. empennage
  2. tail assembly
• remove or shorten the tail of an animal (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. bob
  2. dock
• the time of the last part of something (noun)

  Examples

  1. the tail of the storm

  Synonyms

  1. fag end
  2. tail end
• remove the stalk of fruits or berries (verb)
• the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body (noun)
• (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head (noun)

See definition of tail in Merriam Webster