I recognized the bank teller as the man I had seen in the movie theater.
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Teller
//ˈtɛləɹ//
Synonyms for "teller" (61 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
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More general
8 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesat location
2 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
2 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
13 entriesTranslations
93 translations across 37 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- գանձապահ noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- kassir noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
- xəzinədar noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
Belarusian
1 entries- касі́р noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
Bulgarian
3 entries- касиер noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
- преброител noun (person who counts the votes in an election)
- разказвач noun (person who tells stories)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 出納員 /出纳员 noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
Czech
1 entries- vypravěč noun (person who tells stories)
Danish
4 entries- bankkasserer noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
- fortæller noun (person who tells stories)
- kasserer noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
- stemmetæller noun (person who counts the votes in an election)
Dutch
1 entries- bankbediende noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
Esperanto
3 entries- balotnombristo noun (person who counts the votes in an election)
- bankkasisto noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
- rakontisto noun (person who tells stories)
Finnish
3 entries- pankkivirkailija noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
- tarinankertoja noun (person who tells stories)
- ääntenlaskija noun (person who counts the votes in an election)
French
4 entries- caissier noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
- caissière noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
- conteur noun (person who tells stories)
- conteuse noun (person who tells stories)
Galician
1 entries- caixeiro noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
German
4 entries- Bankangestellte noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
- Bankangestellter noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
- Erzähler noun (person who tells stories)
- Erzählerin noun (person who tells stories)
Greek
3 entries- ταμίας noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
- ψηφολέκτης noun (person who counts the votes in an election)
- ψηφολέκτρια noun (person who counts the votes in an election)
Indonesian
2 entries- pengisah noun (person who tells stories)
- teller noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
Irish
1 entries- airgeadóir (bainc) noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
Italian
1 entries- cassiere noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
Japanese
1 entries- 出納係 noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
Korean
1 entries- 출납계 noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
Latin
1 entries- diribitor noun (person who counts the votes in an election)
Macedonian
4 entries- бла́гајник noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
- бро́јач noun (person who counts the votes in an election)
- пребро́јувач noun (person who counts the votes in an election)
- раска́жувач noun (person who tells stories)
Malay
2 entries- juruwang noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
- pengira undi noun (person who counts the votes in an election)
Māori
1 entries- kaitatau moni noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
Northern Altai
1 entries- чӧрчекчи noun (person who tells stories)
Norwegian
1 entries- forteller noun (person who tells stories)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- وزنهجی noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Banktala noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
Polish
4 entries- kasjer noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
- kasjerka noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
- opowiadacz noun (person who tells stories)
- opowiadaczka noun (person who tells stories)
Portuguese
4 entries- caixa noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
- contador de histórias/estórias noun (person who tells stories)
- escrutinador noun (person who counts the votes in an election)
- narrador noun (person who tells stories)
Romanian
4 entries- casier noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
- naratoare noun (person who tells stories)
- narator noun (person who tells stories)
- povestitoare noun (person who tells stories)
Russian
4 entries- касси́р noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
- касси́рша noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
- расска́зчик noun (person who tells stories)
- расска́зчица noun (person who tells stories)
Slovene
4 entries- blagajnik noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
- blagajničarka noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
- preštevalec glasov noun (person who counts the votes in an election)
- preštevalka glasov noun (person who counts the votes in an election)
Southern Altai
1 entries- чӧрчӧкчи noun (person who tells stories)
Spanish
2 entries- cajera noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
- cajero noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
Turkish
4 entries- anlatan noun (person who tells stories)
- anlatıcı noun (person who tells stories)
- kasiyer noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
- oy sayıcı noun (person who counts the votes in an election)
Ukrainian
1 entries- каси́р noun (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)
Welsh
1 entries- cyfrifwr noun (person who counts the votes in an election)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
My son tried to become a teller of funny stories.
Source: tatoeba (523121)
A fortune teller once told Christopher Columbus that he would become a famous man. Columbus, in turn, got angry and demanded his money back - claiming that even a child could state something so obvious.
Source: tatoeba (777883)
My son tried to become a rakugo story teller.
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