BLACKLEGS Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word blacklegs. (close relations)
Definition of BLACKLEGS
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strikebreaker | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike | ||||||||
rat | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse • someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike • a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible • one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority • a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure verb • desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage • employ scabs or strike breakers in • take the place of work of someone on strike • give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat • catch rats, especially with dogs • give away information about somebody | ||||||||
scab | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike • the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion verb • form a scab • take the place of work of someone on strike | ||||||||
fink | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police verb • take the place of work of someone on strike • confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure | ||||||||
apostate | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. adjective satellite • not faithful to religion or party or cause | ||||||||
betrayer | nounn | |||||||
noun • one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority • a person who says one thing and does another | ||||||||
blackleg | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike verb • take the place of work of someone on strike | ||||||||
breaker | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone • waves breaking on the shore • a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded | ||||||||
collaborator | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who assists in a plot • someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force • an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest | ||||||||
defector | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) | ||||||||
deserter | nounn | |||||||
noun • a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. • a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) | ||||||||
informant | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who supplies information • someone who sees an event and reports what happened | ||||||||
informer | nounn | |||||||
noun • one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority | ||||||||
renegade | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw • a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. adjective satellite • having deserted a cause or principle verb • break with established customs | ||||||||
replacement | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another • someone who takes the place of another person • an event in which one thing is substituted for another • a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another • filling again by supplying what has been used up • a person who follows next in order | ||||||||
snitch | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police verb • take by theft • give away information about somebody | ||||||||
tattletale | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who gossips indiscreetly | ||||||||
traitor | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who betrays his country by committing treason • a person who says one thing and does another | ||||||||
turncoat | nounn | |||||||
noun • a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. | ||||||||
scally | nounn | |||||||
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