Synonyms for TELLING
ˈtɛl ɪŋtelling

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1. telling

   Synonyms:
   effective, powerful, pointed

   Antonyms:
   weak, ineffective, pointless

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1. 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, telling, coitus, sex act, relative, congress, sexual congress, coition

   Antonyms:
   uninformative, uneffective, ineffectual, ineffective, dissuasive

2. telling, apprisal, notificationnoun

   informing by words

   Synonyms:
   presentment, recounting, tattle, notice, relation, telling, singing, notification, apprisal

   Antonyms:
   uninformative, ineffective, dissuasive, ineffectual, uneffective

3. tattle, singing, tellingadjective

   disclosing information or giving evidence about another

   Synonyms:
   vocalizing, recounting, tattle, relation, telling, singing, notification, apprisal

   Antonyms:
   dissuasive, uninformative, uneffective, ineffectual, ineffective

4. revealing, 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"

   Antonyms:
   uneffective, ineffectual, dissuasive, uninformative, ineffective

5. cogent, telling, weightyadjective

   powerfully persuasive

   "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument"

   Synonyms:
   heavy, corpulent, obese, weighty, grave, revealing, telltale(a), rotund, impressive, telling, grievous, cogent

   Antonyms:
   dissuasive, uneffective, ineffective, ineffectual, uninformative

6. impressive, tellingadjective

   producing a strong effect

   "gave an impressive performance as Othello"; "a telling gesture"

   Synonyms:
   weighty, revealing, impressive, cogent, telltale(a), telling

   Antonyms:
   uninformative, dissuasive, uneffective, ineffectual, ineffective

Matched Categories

1. • Informing
   • Narration

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1. cogentadjective

   Submitted by Providence on July 16, 2023  

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1. tellingadjective

   Synonyms:
   effective

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1. tellingadjective

   Synonyms:
   effective, cogent, potent, conclusive

2. tellingnoun

   Synonyms:
   notification, apprising, communication, relation, narration, recital, divulgement

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1. List of paraphrases for "telling":

   eloquent, saying, tell, revealing, say

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1. Marvin Greer:

   Hancock County Sheriff deputies loved her regardless, unconditionally. Now Hancock County Sheriff deputies got to raise these kids and tell them a story, and I'm not planning on telling no lie, i want to tell the truth, so it won't happen to nobody else.

2. Courtney Rowe:

   (The news) reminded me of my mom telling me about the Nixon era. It reminded me of corruption in the Executive Branch, the FBI director should be able to operate independently. And this puts a precedent in place that whoever gets this job next will not feel that they are able to investigate the president because they will worry about their own job.

3. Brian Znotins:

   Today, (customers) are telling us they’re eager to get back to travel.

4. James Roche:

   We were in a room together -- our beds were 10 feet apart for a couple of months, and what struck me and made me more interested in speaking out about it is not only did I know that he wasn't telling, you know, the truth, I knew that he knew that he wasn't telling the truth.

5. Dan St. Louis:

   We have been telling kids for 20 years don't get into manufacturing it will all be gone, it will all be in China, call a recruiter and say you need a textile mechanic and they will laugh at you.