telling

Meanings

• an act of narration
• informing by words
• disclosing information or giving evidence about another
• express in words
• let something be known
• narrate or give a detailed account of
• give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
• discern or comprehend
• inform positively and with certainty and confidence
• give evidence
  • "he was telling on all his former colleague"
• mark as different
• disclosing unintentionally
  • "a telling smile"
• powerfully persuasive
  • "a telling presentation"
• producing a strong effect
  • "a telling gesture"

Synonyms

apprisal, assure, cogent, differentiate, distinguish, enjoin, evidence, impressive, narrate, notification, order, recite, recount, recounting, relation, revealing, say, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, singing, state, tattle, tell, tell apart, telltale, weighty