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Synonyms for strikebreaker

Most common

rat scab blackleg

All synonyms

Noun

1. Scab

scab, blackleg, rat

Other

scalie slang dated US CA

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A non-unionized worker hired to replace a striking union worker.

Forms

Plural
strikebreakers → scabs, blacklegs, rats, scalies…

Example sentences

  • rat He hollowed out a mountain only to pull out a rat.
  • scab Tom's wound was still weeping and had yet to scab over.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
strikebreakerfalling
ratfalling
scabfalling
blacklegfalling

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

By length

3 letters
rat1
4 letters
scab1
6 letters
scalie
8 letters
blackleg

In other languages

Français
briseur de grève