Synonyms for rat
rætrat

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1. ratnoun

   any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse

   Synonyms:
   betrayer, git, puke, rotter, dirty dog, strikebreaker, stinker, informer, scab, squealer, skunk, scum bag, bum, lowlife, so-and-so, stinkpot, blackleg, crumb, blabber

2. scab, strikebreaker, blackleg, ratnoun

   someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike

   Synonyms:
   betrayer, git, puke, rotter, dirty dog, strikebreaker, stinker, informer, scab, squealer, skunk, scum bag, bum, lowlife, so-and-so, stinkpot, blackleg, crumb, blabber

3. rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, gitnoun

   a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

   "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'"

   Synonyms:
   vomit, lemon, keister, pot, wood pussy, seat, behind, crumb, butt, nates, hobo, skunk, rear end, blackleg, scum bag, locoweed, sens, barf, layabout, bottom, can, stern, git, informer, fundament, stinker, weed, posterior, buttocks, do-nothing, puke, polecat, stinkpot, backside, bum, grass, green goddess, betrayer, musk turtle, tail, idler, buns, arse, hindquarters, tail end, tush, sess, derriere, so-and-so, vomitus, hind end, rotter, dirty dog, ass, lowlife, tramp, rump, prat, strikebreaker, squealer, fanny, rear, dope, gage, shutout, smoke, loafer, scab, blabber, tooshie

4. informer, betrayer, rat, squealer, blabbernoun

   one who reveals confidential information in return for money

   Synonyms:
   double-dealer, puke, rotter, dirty dog, git, double-crosser, strikebreaker, stinker, hog, grunter, informer, so-and-so, pig, squealer, skunk, betrayer, traitor, scum bag, scab, lowlife, bum, stinkpot, blackleg, crumb, blabber, two-timer

5. ratverb

   a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure

   Synonyms:
   betrayer, git, puke, rotter, dirty dog, strikebreaker, stinker, informer, scab, squealer, skunk, scum bag, bum, lowlife, so-and-so, stinkpot, blackleg, crumb, blabber

6. ratverb

   desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage

   Synonyms:
   give away, scab, snitch, fink, betray, denounce, shit, shop, blackleg, tell on, grass, stag

7. ratverb

   employ scabs or strike breakers in

   Synonyms:
   give away, scab, snitch, fink, betray, denounce, shit, shop, blackleg, tell on, grass, stag

8. fink, scab, rat, blacklegverb

   take the place of work of someone on strike

   Synonyms:
   give away, snitch, scab, tell on, confess, fink, betray, denounce, shit, shop, blackleg, squeal, grass, stag

9. ratverb

   give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat

   Synonyms:
   give away, scab, snitch, fink, betray, denounce, shit, shop, blackleg, tell on, grass, stag

10. ratverb

    catch rats, especially with dogs

    Synonyms:
    give away, scab, snitch, fink, betray, denounce, shit, shop, blackleg, tell on, grass, stag

11. denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stagverb

    give away information about somebody

    "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"

    Synonyms:
    thieve, cop, betray, hook, buy at, stag, let on, mark, stool, reveal, spy, disclose, deceive, expose, defecate, fail, take a shit, frequent, sell, browse, bewray, snoop, snitch, make, brand, fink, lead astray, ca-ca, cheat, shit, give away, grass, break, wander, sleuth, sponsor, crap, shop, glom, grass over, divulge, stigmatize, patronise, shop at, stigmatise, knock off, blackleg, bring out, take a crap, denounce, cuckold, unwrap, patronize, tell on, cheat on, discover, scab, let out

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1. • Catch
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   • Informant
   • Pad
   • Rodent

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1. ratverb

   Synonyms:
   desert one's party (from interested motives), bolt

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1. List of paraphrases for "rat":

   rats, council, snitch, mole, informer, squealer, c.i., hellhole, rtw

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1. Tim Donnelly:

   If you were an American who loved this country, you'd put the mosques on notice, you'd tell them, 'If you don't turn over the extremists and the jihadists within your midst then we'll set the FBI on you. We'll turn your mosques upside down. We'll make your lives a living hell until you rat out those who have declared war on America.' But instead you threaten the family and friends of the victims of your failure to identify and prosecute those who've sworn to kill anyone who doesn't pledge allegiance to their insane jihad.

2. Todd Fisher:

   He had just moved in, and he was showing us around the house, i had just gotten to town and, being a teenager, he assumed that Carrie Fisher and I were smoking a little pot … So he puts his arm around me and he goes, ‘ Hey, man. ’ Puts a couple joints in my pocket, and he goes, ‘ Do n’t go to strangers. ’ I ’d only known him from the movies. I was a little kid when he made the movie ‘ The Rat Race ’ with my mother, and nobody was even thinking in these terms … At that moment, my mother did n’t know Carrie Fisher and I were smoking pot at all. He was even kind of hiding it from her. So it was a little bit of a revelation.

3. Greg Guma:

   But he can be very aggressive, very strong and he speaks loud and in a rat, tat, tat, tat, drum beat. bernie is modulating his temperament. He is a brusque person who has a tendency to be dismissive, but he is accentuating the winning side of his personality.

4. Devorise Dixon on Sunday:

   The manager actually freaked out, confirmed that it was a rat, she apologized for it. They actually just offered me a free meal.

5. Charlie Richter:

   We believe our unique TB Detection Rat technology will prove itself as an effective mass-screening tool, we then aim to expand the program to all prisons, shantytowns, factories and other settings in Tanzania, Mozambique and other high TB-burden countries, as well as in high-risk groups such as those individuals living with HIV/AIDS. This will improve and save lives all over the globe at a low cost.