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Synonyms for rat

Most common

snake traitor rouge quisling mole stool pigeon bum beaver

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Snake — A person who is known for betrayal

snake, bastard, betrayer, traitor, scum, scab, rogue, serpent, villain, scoundrel, renegade, double-dealer, deserter, double-crosser, rouge, quisling, recreant, treasonist, scumbag vulgar, cockatrice dated, renegader rare, swike dated

2. Fink — an informant or snitch

mole, grass UK, informer, stool pigeon, blabber, narc, leak, squealer, fink slang US, snitch slang

3. Skunk

low-life, skunk US, bum, so-and-so, puke, stinker, git, crumb, stinkpot, rotter slang UK AU

4. Blackleg — A scab, a worker who acts against trade union policies

blackleg, knobstick, scalie

Verb

1. Stag

tell on, stag, shop, betray, denounce, shit vulgar

Other

bewray

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A person who is known for betrayal.

    What a rat, leaving us stranded here!

  2. n. 2

    An informant or snitch.

  3. n. 3

    A scab: a worker who acts against trade union policies.

  4. v. 1

    To hunt or kill rats.

Forms

Plural
rats → snakes, bastards, betrayers, traitors…
Past participle
ratted
e.g. ratted → stagged, shopped, betrayed, denounced…

Example sentences

  • snake Tom didn't know what kind of snake had bitten him.
  • traitor Their leader is regarded as a traitor to the nation.
  • rouge What say'st thou—slanderer !—rouge makes thee sick ?
  • mole The dead body was identified by a mole on the cheek.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
ratfalling
snakerising
traitorrising
rougerising
quislingfalling
molefalling

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

By length

3 letters
bum1, git1
4 letters
shit1, shop1, leak1, bolt1, scum1, mole1, puke1, stag1, fink1, scab1, narc1
5 letters
grass1, snake1, pussy2, rogue1, rouge1, skunk1, crumb1, murid, swike
6 letters
beaver2, betray2, snitch1, murine2, rotter2, scalie, bewray
7 letters
bastard2, villain2, traitor2, serpent2, scumbag2, stinker, blabber2
8 letters
renegade3, denounce2, informer3, deserter3, betrayer, quisling2, squealer, blackleg, recreant, stinkpot
9 letters
scoundrel2, renegader, knobstick
10 letters
cockatrice, treasonist
13 letters
strikebreaker3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pussy2 = 2 syllables).

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