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Synonyms for snitch

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

steal cop snatch pilfer name names betray drop a nickel filch

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Steal

steal, cop, nick, snatch, pilfer, hook, thieve, pocket, nip, pinch, swipe, glom informal, swindle, poach, embezzle, crib, prig, purloin

2. Squeal

tell on, squeal, tell, betray, inform, turn in, peach, name names, shop, denounce, inform on, squeak, stag, bewray, tattle, blab, shit vulgar, grass up slang UK

Other

drop a nickel, filch, clep, rat out slang

Noun

1. Rat

rat informal, narc, sneak, stool pigeon, snake, sneaker, tattletale, tattler, quisling, informer, blabber, squealer, fink slang US, canary slang, snitcher slang, stoolie slang

2. Bite — A tiny morsel

bite, snap, snippock

Other

whistleblower, tip-off, mole, blab-tale, knock-off, blab-tongue, give-away, nose, pincher, dauber, nonce, fiz-gig

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To inform on someone, especially in betrayal of others.

  2. v. 2

    To contact or cooperate with the police for any reason.

  3. n. 1

    A tiny morsel.

  4. n. 2

    A thief.

Related words

Word family
snitcher

Forms

Plural
snitches → rats, narcs, sneaks, snakes…
Past participle
snitched
e.g. snitched → copped, nicked, snatched, pilfered…

Example sentences

  • steal I didn't steal it. I just borrowed it permanently.
  • cop The cop motioned to Yanni to wind down his window.
  • snatch Boldi tried to snatch the toy out of Martha's hands.
  • pilfer It is my intention to plunder and pilfer my weasely guts out.
  • betray "I loved you, Mary." "Then why did you betray me?"

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
snitchrising
stealrising
coprising
snatchrising
pilfersteady

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

By length

3 letters
cop1, rat1, nip1
4 letters
tell1, shit1, shop1, nick1, nose1, hook1, bite1, snap1, mole1, crib1, stag1, fink1, narc1, blab1
5 letters
steal1, snake1, sneak1, pinch1, peach1, swipe1, poach1, nonce1, filch1
6 letters
pocket2, inform2, snatch1, betray2, canary3, squeak1, squeal1, tattle2, pilfer2, dauber2, thieve1, bewray
7 letters
sneaker2, swindle2, pincher2, blabber2, tattler2, purloin2, stoolie
8 letters
denounce2, informer3, embezzle3, quisling2, squealer, snitcher, snippock
10 letters
tattletale
13 letters
whistleblower4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pocket2 = 2 syllables).

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