tail end

1. 1.

   the time of the last part of something

   “the fag end of this crisis-ridden century”

   “the tail of the storm”

   Synonymsfag endtail

   Broaderend
2. 2.

   any projection that resembles the tail of an animal

   Synonymstail

   Broaderprojection
3. 3.

   the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

   “he deserves a good kick in the butt”

   “are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?”

   Synonymsbuttocksnatesarsebuttbacksidebumbunscanfundamenthindquartershind endkeisterposteriorprat

   Broaderbody part

   Part oftorso

Questions about tail end

What does tail end mean?

tail end means "the time of the last part of something". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for tail end?

Close synonyms include fag end, tail, tail, buttocks, nates. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tail end a common word?

tail end is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.