Synonyms for scab
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Rat
rat informal, strikebreaker
2. Blackleg — A worker who acts against trade union policies; any picket crosser (strikebreaker), and especially one with…
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A worker who acts against trade union policies; any picket crosser (strikebreaker), and especially one with devotion to union busting.
- n. 2
An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.
Forms
- Plural
- scabs → rats, strikebreakers, blacklegs, scalies…
Example sentences
- scalie A scalie is like a furry whose "fursona" is a reptile or amphibian.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| scab | falling | |
| strikebreaker | falling | |
| blackleg | falling | |
| scalie | steady | |
| encrustation | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- rat1
- 6 letters
- eschar, scalie
- 8 letters
- blackleg
- 9 letters
- knobstick
- 11 letters
- blacklegger
- 12 letters
- encrustation
- 13 letters
- strikebreaker3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (strikebreaker3 = 3 syllables).