telling
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an act of narration
he was the hero according to his own relation
Types & categories
- yarn hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
disclosing unintentionally
a telling smile
Related & opposite
- tattle derivation
- tattler derivation
- informatory similar to
Sense 3 noun
informing by words
Types & categories
- making known hypernym
- notice hyponym
- warning hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 adjective
powerfully persuasive
a cogent argument
Related & opposite
- weightiness derivation
- cogency derivation
- persuasive similar to
Sense 5 noun
disclosing information or giving evidence about another
Types & categories
- revelation hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 adjective
producing a strong effect
gave an impressive performance as Othello
Related & opposite
- impressiveness derivation
- ingrain derivation
- impress derivation
- effective similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | relate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | recount |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | yarn |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tattle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tattler |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | informatory |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprize |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | state |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | making known |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | notice |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | warning |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | weightiness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cogency |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | persuasive |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | peach |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | evidence |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | telling |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | revelation |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | impressiveness |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | ingrain |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | impress |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | effective |