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, 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, 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, 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, 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)

   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. Demi Sweeney:

   I then begged telling him, ‘Please, you have to help me – I only ordered food for your help,’.

2. Though Handler:

   I could have fired her, but instead I just stopped spending any personal time with her, the fact that I would allow anyone like that even work for me when everyone was telling me to fire her —and she’s complaining that I wouldn’t hang out with her? Or discuss my negotiations?

3. Om Gaur:

   People have been telling me not to fight with the administration.

4. Curtis Greenwood:

   Don't keep telling us to be peaceful while we're being murdered, i'm not saying we should be violent, but what I am saying is if you want to talk peace talk, talk to the people who are violent, not the people who are on the streets trying to abide by the U.S. Constitution.

5. Elizabeth Warren:

   It's refreshing for a politician to say he'll give people what they need without telling them how to use it.