tellings
Acts of narrating
Tellings is the plural of telling, a noun for an act of narrating or recounting: Each telling of the story added new details.
Different tellings of the same event may vary in emphasis or accuracy.
The phrase all told (meaning in total) comes from an older sense of tell meaning to count—tellings once referred to acts of counting or enumeration.
Spoken or written narratives
- accountsRecords of transactions
- narrativesAccounts of events
- anecdotesBrief amusing accounts
- storiesAccounts or building levels
recitals · yarns · chronicles · sagas · recountings · retellings · renditions · versions
Unconfirmed circulating stories
- whispersSpeaks very quietly
- hearsayUnverified secondhand information
- chatterLight, rapid speech
- tittle-tattleTrivial, idle chatter
tales · idle talk · scuttlebutt · buzz · dirt · talking · blabbing · loose lips
Displays conveying information
- signalsConveyed indications
- cluesHints toward answers
- hintsIndirect suggestions
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
markers · symptoms · cues · giveaways · tip-offs · pointers · manifestations · tokens
Acts of revealing information
- confessionsActs of revealing guilt
- admissionsActs of letting in
- exposuresInstances of being revealed
- unveilingsActs of showing hidden things
uncoverings · unmaskings · declarations · announcements · proclamations · acknowledgments · truths · insider information
Advance notices of danger
- omensProphetic signs or warnings
- portentsOminous indicators of future events
- harbingersSignals of what's ahead
- admonitionsCautionary reprimands
cautions · alerts · prophecies · predictions · premonitions · auguries
tales
Spoken or written narratives
- accountsRecords of transactions
- narrativesAccounts of events
- anecdotesBrief amusing accounts
stories · recitals · yarns · chronicles · sagas · recountings · retellings · renditions · versions · episodes
rumors
Unconfirmed circulating stories
tittle-tattle · tales · idle talk · scuttlebutt · buzz · dirt · talking · blabbing · loose lips · indiscretions
signs
Displays conveying information
evidence · markers · symptoms · cues · giveaways · tip-offs · pointers · manifestations · tokens · inklings
disclosures
Acts of revealing information
- confessionsActs of revealing guilt
- admissionsActs of letting in
- exposuresInstances of being revealed
unveilings · uncoverings · unmaskings · declarations · announcements · proclamations · acknowledgments · truths · insider information · leaks
forewarnings
Advance notices of danger
- omensProphetic signs or warnings
- portentsOminous indicators of future events
- harbingersSignals of what's ahead
admonitions · cautions · alerts · prophecies · predictions · premonitions · auguries
tellingssilences
Stops from speaking
concealments · suppressions · withholdings · omissions · secrets
tellingsconcealments
Acts of hiding something
hidings · suppressions · secrets · omissions · cover-ups
- fortune tellingPredicting someone's future
- telling onReporting someone's wrongdoing
- telling time
- telling it like it isSpeaking plain, unfiltered truth
- telling offVocal expression of displeasure
- telling lies