Synonyms for tattletale
Most common
busy body tale-teller tale bearer blabbermouth tell-tale tattler dauber
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Blabbermouth — one who gossips, often for the sake of attention
tale bearer, blabbermouth, busy body, gossip, tale-teller, scandal-monger, rumor monger US, rumourmonger UK, blab, gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, blab-tongue, blab-tale, rumourer UK, rumorer US, tabby dated
2. Tattler — one who tattles (reports others' wrongdoings), often a child seeking attention
tell-tale, tattler, canary, stool pigeon, whistleblower, informer, narc, blabber, squealer, sneak, snitch slang, fink slang US, stoolie slang, peacher dated, snitcher slang
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
One who tattles (reports others' wrongdoings), often a child seeking attention.
- n. 2
One who gossips, often for the sake of attention.
Forms
- Plural
- tattletales → blabbermouths, gossips, tale-tellers, scandal-mongers…
Example sentences
- blabbermouth A conversation with a blabbermouth is long and never-ending.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| tattletale | rising | |
| blabbermouth | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fink1, narc1, blab1
- 5 letters
- sneak1, tabby2
- 6 letters
- gossip2, canary3, snitch1, dauber2
- 7 letters
- blabber2, tattler2, stoolie, rumorer, peacher2
- 8 letters
- informer3, squealer, gossiper3, rumourer, snitcher
- 10 letters
- newsmonger
- 12 letters
- blabbermouth, rumourmonger, gossipmonger
- 13 letters
- whistleblower4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tabby2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- cafteur