tattler

Noun

Meaning

One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.

Any one of several species of large, long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus Totanus.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

jay whistler informer snoop fink tabby prater rat polly metronome telltale magpie squeaker chronograph pendulum
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Antonyms

spectator author journalist newsman anchorman audience
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Hypernyms

sandpiper gossip gossiper newsmonger gossipmonger rumormonger

Hyponyms

Catoptrophorus semipalmatus Heteroscelus incanus Polynesian tattler

Phrases with the word

be a tittle-tattler Bartramian tattler

Anagrams

tartlet Artlett

Examples

In 1890 Dunbar wrote and edited The Tattler, Dayton's first weekly African-American newspaper. Source: Internet

Through Vinson, Howard was introduced to The Tattler, the newspaper of the Brownwood High School. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

tattle tattle tell tattle-tale tattlery tattlesome tattletale