telltale

1. 1.

   someone who gossips indiscreetly

   Synonymstattletaletattlertaletellertalebearerblabbermouth

   Broadergossip

1. 1.

   disclosing unintentionally something concealed

   “a telling smile”

   “a telltale panel of lights”

   “a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down”

   Synonymsrevealingtelling

   Similarinformative

Other forms of telltale

plural

telltales·

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 telltale

What does telltale mean?

telltale means "someone who gossips indiscreetly". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in telltale?

telltale has 2 syllables: tel-ltale. The stress falls on "tel". In IPA it is /ˈtɛlˌteɪl/.

What is another word for telltale?

Close synonyms include tattletale, tattler, taleteller, talebearer, blabbermouth. 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 telltale a common word?

telltale is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 telltale?

14 words rhyme with telltale. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.