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BLACKLEGS Synonyms

There are 21 synonyms of the word blacklegs. (exact relations)
There are 3 hypernyms of the word blacklegs. (close relations)

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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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Best Hypernyms For BLACKLEGS

Here is a list of related hypernyms for blacklegs, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (2)
work worker
Phrases (1)
do work

Alternatives for STRIKEBREAKER

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