Synonyms for telling
- adjective
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Effective
effective, cogent, powerful, persuasive, significant, conclusive, potent, effectual, weighty, efficacious formal
Other
Noun
1. Recounting
3. Notification
notification, apprisal rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having force, or having a marked effect; weighty, effective.
- adj. 2
Revealing information; bearing significance.
- n. 1
The act of narration.
- n. 2
The disclosure of information.
Related words
- Word family
- telling-to
- Phrases
- fortune-telling telling off
Forms
- Plural
- tellings → recountings, relations, tattles, singings…
Example sentences
- pointed As you've already pointed out, that was a mistake.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| telling | rising | |
| pointed | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- potent2, cogent2, tattle2
- 7 letters
- singing2, pointed2, graphic2, recital3, weighty2
- 8 letters
- powerful3, relation3, counting2, citation3, apprisal
- 9 letters
- effective3, revealing3, narration3, numbering3, effectual
- 10 letters
- impressive3, persuasive3, conclusive3, recounting3
- 11 letters
- significant4, enumeration5, efficacious4
- 12 letters
- notification5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (potent2 = 2 syllables).