RAT Synonyms
There are 22 hypernyms of the word rat. (close relations)
Definition of RAT
Best Alternative Words for RAT
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mouse | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails • a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye • person who is quiet or timid • a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad verb • to go stealthily or furtively • manipulate the mouse of a computer | ||||||||
rodent | nounn | |||||||
noun • relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing | ||||||||
rodentia | nounn | |||||||
noun • small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters (Rodentia) | ||||||||
scoundrel | nounn | |||||||
noun • a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately | ||||||||
varmint | nounn | |||||||
noun • an irritating or obnoxious person • any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote | ||||||||
vermin | nounn | |||||||
noun • an irritating or obnoxious person • any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
tell on | verbv | |||||||
verb • give away information about somebody • produce an effect or strain on somebody | ||||||||
betray | verbv | |||||||
verb • reveal unintentionally • deliver to an enemy by treachery • disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake • be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage • give away information about somebody • cause someone to believe an untruth | ||||||||
betrayer | nounn | |||||||
noun • one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority • a person who says one thing and does another | ||||||||
bewray | verbv | |||||||
verb • reveal unintentionally | ||||||||
blabber | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority verb • speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | ||||||||
crumb | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a very small quantity of something • a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible • small piece of e.g. bread or cake verb • coat with bread crumbs • break into crumbs • remove crumbs from | ||||||||
denounce | verbv | |||||||
verb • speak out against • to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful • announce the termination of, as of treaties • give away information about somebody | ||||||||
finger | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb) • the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure • one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb verb • feel or handle with the fingers • examine by touch • search for on the computer • indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
grass | nounn | |||||||
noun • German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927) • narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay • a police informer who implicates many people • bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle • street names for marijuana verb • shoot down, of birds • cover with grass • spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach • feed with grass • give away information about somebody | ||||||||
informer | nounn | |||||||
noun • one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority | ||||||||
lowlife | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible | ||||||||