Meanings
plural tattletales
- childishcolloquialOne who gossips, often for the sake of attention.
Synonyms: gossip, rumourmonger, carrytale, blab, blabbermouth, blabtale, blabtongue, busybody
present singular third person tattletales · participle present tattletaling · participle past tattletaled · past tattletaled
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who tattles (reports others' wrongdoings), often a child seeking attention.
nounOne who gossips, often for the sake of attention.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsomeone who gossips indiscreetly
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Czech žalobníček
- žalobníčekone who tattles
Dutch onthullend, klikspaan
- onthullendtelltale
- klikspaanone who tattles
- roddelaarone who gossips
- roddelaarsterone who gossips
Esperanto klaĉemulino, klaĉemulo
- klaĉemulinoone who gossips
- klaĉemuloone who gossips
Finnish juorukello
- juorukelloone who tattles
French cafteur, cafteuse
- cafteurone who tattles
- cafteuseone who tattles
- commèreone who gossips
German verräterisch, Petze
- verräterischtelltale
- Petzeone who tattles
- Verpetzerone who tattles
- Verpfeiferone who tattles
- Anschwärzerone who tattles
- Petzerone who tattles
- Klatschbaseone who gossips
- Quasselstrippeone who gossips
- Quatschtüteone who gossips
- Schwätzerone who gossips
- Schwätzerinone who gossips
- Tratschtanteone who gossips
- Tratschlieseone who gossips
Indonesian cepu
- cepuone who tattles
Italian pettegolo, pettegola
- pettegoloone who gossips
- pettegolaone who gossips
Latin gestor
- gestorone who tattles
Māori pīwaiwaka
- pīwaiwakaone who tattles
Persian چغل
- چغل (čoġol)one who tattles
Polish skarżypyta
- skarżypytaone who tattles
Portuguese cabueta, alcaguete
- cabuetatelltale
- alcagueteone who tattles
- delatorone who tattles
- dedo-duroone who tattles
- queixinhasone who tattles
- fofoqueiroone who gossips
- mexeriqueiroone who gossips
Russian я́беда, спле́тник
- я́беда (jábeda)one who tattles
- спле́тник (splétnik)one who gossips
- спле́тница (splétnica)one who gossips
- болту́н (boltún)one who gossips
- болту́нья (boltúnʹja)one who gossips
- болту́шка (boltúška)one who gossips
Swedish skvallerbytta, skvallertant
- skvallerbyttaone who tattles
- skvallertantone who gossips
- sladdertackaone who gossips
Turkish gammaz, ispiyoncu
- gammazone who tattles
- ispiyoncuone who tattles
Cite this entry
tattletale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tattletale
“tattletale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tattletale. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tattletale,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tattletale.
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