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Synonyms for canary

  • noun

Most common

stool pigeon sneaker tattletale yellow jacket informant

All synonyms

Noun

1. Stool pigeon

stool pigeon, snitch, narc, sneak, sneaker, tattletale, informer, tattler, squealer, fink slang US, stoolie slang, snitcher slang

Other

yellow jacket, informant

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.

Related words

Phrases
sea canary canary bird canary girl

Forms

Plural
canaries → snitches, narcs, sneaks, sneakers…

Example sentences

  • sneaker My uncommonly well-made sneaker lasted 5 years. Its mate did not.
  • informant I have reason to believe Tom is an FBI informant.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
canaryrising
sneakerrising
tattletalerising
informantsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
fink1, narc1
5 letters
sneak1
6 letters
snitch1
7 letters
sneaker2, tattler2, stoolie
8 letters
informer3, squealer, snitcher
9 letters
informant3
10 letters
tattletale

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sneaker2 = 2 syllables).

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