tails

Other forms of tails

plural

tailses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tails

What does tails mean?

tails means "formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men".

How many syllables are in tails?

tails has 1 syllable: tails. In IPA it is /ˈteɪlz/.

What is another word for tails?

Close synonyms include dress suit, full dress, tailcoat, tail coat, white tie. 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 tails a common word?

tails is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with tails?

1 word rhymes with tails. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.