telling

/tˈɛlɪŋ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. disclosing unintentionally something concealed
   “a telling smile”
2. powerfully persuasive
   “a cogent argument”
3. producing a strong effect
   “gave an impressive performance as Othello”

noun

1. an act of narration
   “he was the hero according to his own relation”
2. informing by words
3. disclosing information or giving evidence about another

Synonyms for telling

• revealing
• telltale
• informative
• cogent
• weighty
• persuasive
• impressive
• effective
• relation
• recounting
• apprisal
• notification
• tattle
• singing

Words that rhyme with telling

• swelling
• compelling
• foretelling
• smelling
• belling
• dwelling
• expelling
• misspelling
• propelling
• quelling
• repelling
• selling
• shelling
• spelling
• yelling
• behling
• bestselling
• delling
• dispelling
• elling
• excelling
• fehling
• felling
• flewelling
• gehling
• helling
• kelling
• lewelling
• mehling
• meling