🔄 Synonyms of "Telling"
18 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| cogent | Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence. |
| impressive | Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress. |
| efficacious | (formal) Effective; possessing efficacy. |
| relationnoun | The manner in which two things may be associated. |
| effectual | Producing the intended result; entirely adequate. |
| effectivenoun | Having the power to produce a required effect or effects. |
| weighty | Having a lot of weight; heavy. |
| forceful | Capable of either physical or coercive force; powerful. |
| informative | Providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information. |
| revealingnoun | Informative. |
| recountingnoun | An act in which something is recounted |
| tattlenoun | (intransitive, Canada, US, derogatory) Often said of children: to report incriminating information about another person, or a person's wrongdoing in an annoying fashion, usually to a person in a position of authority over the accused person; to tell on somebody. |
| notificationnoun | (countable, computing) A message, alert, or signal displayed by a system or application to inform the user of an event, update, new message, etc. |
| telltalenoun | An indicator, such as a warning light, that serves to warn of a hazard or problem. |
| apprisalnoun | The act of apprising, of making aware, of informing. |
| informatory | Providing or communicating information. |
| singingnoun | The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing. |
| notifyingverb | (transitive) To give (someone) notice (of some event). |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Telling"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| forceful | Capable of either physical or coercive force; powerful. |
| impressive | Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress. |
| effectivenoun | Having the power to produce a required effect or effects. |
| effectual | Producing the intended result; entirely adequate. |
| efficacious | (formal) Effective; possessing efficacy. |
| revealingnoun | Informative. |
| apprisalnoun | The act of apprising, of making aware, of informing. |
| cogent | Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence. |
| notificationnoun | (countable, computing) A message, alert, or signal displayed by a system or application to inform the user of an event, update, new message, etc. |
| informative | Providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information. |
| weighty | Having a lot of weight; heavy. |
| informatory | Providing or communicating information. |
| telltalenoun | An indicator, such as a warning light, that serves to warn of a hazard or problem. |
| recountingnoun | An act in which something is recounted |
| relationnoun | The manner in which two things may be associated. |
| tattleverb | (intransitive, Canada, US, derogatory) Often said of children: to report incriminating information about another person, or a person's wrongdoing in an annoying fashion, usually to a person in a position of authority over the accused person; to tell on somebody. |
| singingnoun | The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing. |
| notifyingverb | (transitive) To give (someone) notice (of some event). |
| revelatory | Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a revelation. |
| incisive | Intelligently analytical and concise. (of a person or mental process) |
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