tailgate

The word “tailgate” has 2 syllables: tail-gate

It's pronounced as /ˈteɪlˌɡeɪt/

What is synonym and antonym for tailgate?

In the thesaurus, “tailgate” has 104 synonyms and 53 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for tailgate along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for tailgate

accompany
actuate
advance
associate with
attend
bear down
bicycle
bike
bring up the rear
burn rubber
burn up the road
catenate
chaperon
chase
coast
come along
come with
concatenate
conduct
consort
convoy
cruise
cycle
dash
date
direct
dog
dog the footsteps of
draft
drag
draggle
escort
fire up
floor it
fly
follow
freeze
give chase
go after
go along
go with
guard
guide
handle
hang around with
hang out
hound
hunt
impel
keep company
lead
lean on it
look after
make sparks fly
manage
mobilize
motor
onto
operate
persecute
pour it on
propel
push
put a tail on
ride
roll
run
run after
run down
schlepp along
search
seek
send
shadow
shag
shlep along
show about
show around
speed
spin
spook
squire
stalk
start
steer
step on it
step on the gas
stick to
string along
tag
tag after
tag along
tail
take out
take out after
tool
track
trail
transport
travel
turn
usher
vehiculate
wheel

Antonyms for tailgate

abandon
accompany
attend
avoid
chaperon
chaperone
check
conduct
convoy
curb
desert
direct
discourage
disregard
dissuade
escort
go before
guide
halt
hold
ignore
keep
lead
leave
leave alone
let go
lose
marshal
marshall
mismanage
misunderstand
neglect
not get
pass over
pilot
precede
remain
repress
retard
route
run away
scorn
see
show
shun
slight
stand
stay
steer
stop
usher
walk
withdraw

Meanings of tailgate

noun
1. A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading; a tailboard.
2. The hinged rear door of a hatchback.
3. Either of the downstream gates in a canal lock.
verb
1. To drive dangerously close behind another vehicle.
2. To follow another person through access control on their access, rather than on one’s own credentials, especially when entering a door controlled by a card reader.
3. (of a broker) To privately purchase or sell a security immediately after trading in the same security for a client.
4. To have a tailgate party.

Example Sentences

We decided to tailgate before the football game, grilling burgers and enjoying the atmosphere.
Please don't tailgate the car in front of you, it's not safe.
The students gathered in the parking lot to tailgate before the homecoming parade.
He loves to tailgate with friends at concerts, sharing food and stories.
The company organized a tailgate event to celebrate the end of the successful project.

On this page you'll find 157 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to tailgate, such as: abandon, accompany, actuate, advance, associate with, attend, avoid.

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Related Words

accompanies

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belong to
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chaperon
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characterize
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haps
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spook
squire
squires
steers
stick to
string along
supplement
synchronizes
tag along
tags
tags along
tailgate
tails
take out
take place with
transpires
usher
ushers
walks

accompany

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appear with
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take out
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keep company

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beg
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guard
guide
hang around
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hobnob
importune
join
knock around with
lead
league
look after
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rub shoulders
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rush
see
seek in marriage
seek the hand of
shadow
shlep along
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solicit
spark
spend time
spook
spoon
squire
step around
step out
stick to
string along
tag along
tailgate
take out
take up with
tie up with
usher
woo

take out

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X out
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ax
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belt
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bleed
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block
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blue pencil
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board
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bollix
book
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bow out
bread
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break up
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bring to naught
budge
buffet
bulldoze
bump off
bunco
burn
burst
bury
bushwhack
butcher
buy for
caboodle
call
call all bets off
call off
cancel
capsize
captivate
carry
carry away
carry off
cart off
cast loose
cast out
change
chaperon
charm
chase
check out
cheer
chill
chisel
chow
claim
clean up
clear
clear away
clip
clip wings
clobber
come along
come by
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comestible
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company
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con
condense
conduct
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consort
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contract
convoy
cookery
cooking
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countervail
court
cover
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crash
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crib
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cross
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cuisine
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date
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diddle
diet
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dog
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down
draft
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eatable
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fodder
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foodstuff
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garotte
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handout
hang
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home cooking
hoodwink
hose
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ice
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importune
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kayo
keep
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level
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maim
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mar
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meal
meat
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menu
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oust
outplace
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pabulum
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part
partner
paste
patch
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pay for
pelt
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pick
pick up the check
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pilot
pinch hit for
pinion
plant one
play host
please
pluck
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pop the question
pound
praise
press
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protect
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provision
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quail
quash
quell
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raise
ration
ravage
raze
ream
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redress
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refreshment
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rend
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renege
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route
row
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ruin
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run after
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sandbag
sanitize
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scam
schlepp
scratch
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scrub
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secede
seclude oneself
see
seek
seek the hand of
separate
serenade
set aside
set at large
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shadow
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shellack
shepherd
shift
ship
shipwreck
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short
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skin
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slug
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sock
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spark
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spoil
spook
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sprain
spring
spring for
squash
squire
stake
stamp out
stand
stand in lieu of
state
steal
steer
step around
step into shoes of
sterilize
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stiff
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store
strain
strand
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stretch
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string along
sub
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support
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swat
sweetheart
swindle
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table
tag along
tailgate
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tan
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terminate
thrash
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throw out
thump
torpedo
total
tow
trail
transfer
transport
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trick
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truck
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tug
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two-time
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undermine
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untie
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usher
usurp
vacate
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ventilate
veto
viand
victimize
victual
visit
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vittles
voice
void
waive
walk
wash out
waste
wax
weaken
weed
weed out
whack
wham
whelm
whomp
wine and dine
wipe off face of earth
wipe off map
wipe out
wipe the slate clean
withdraw
withhold
woo
worst
wrack
wrack up
wreck
wrench
wring
yank
yield
zap