rat - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse

Synonyms

• rat

More generic

• gnawer
• rodent

More specific

• Norway rat
• Oryzomys palustris
• Rattus norvegicus
• Rattus rattus
• bandicoot rat
• black rat
• brown rat
• jerboa rat
• mole rat
• pocket rat
• rice rat
• roof rat

Noun

a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure

Synonyms

• rat

More generic

• pad

Related

• coif
• coiffure
• hair style
• hairdo
• hairstyle

Noun

one who reveals confidential information in return for money

Synonyms

• betrayer
• blabber
• informer
• rat
• squealer

More generic

• informant
• source

More specific

• canary
• copper's nark
• fink
• grass
• nark
• sneak
• sneaker
• snitch
• snitcher
• stool pigeon
• stoolie
• stoolpigeon
• supergrass

Noun

a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

Synonyms

• bum
• crumb
• dirty dog
• git
• lowlife
• puke
• rat
• rotter
• scum bag
• skunk
• so-and-so
• stinker
• stinkpot

More generic

• disagreeable person
• unpleasant person

Noun

someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike

Synonyms

• blackleg
• rat
• scab
• strikebreaker

More generic

• worker

Verb

give away information about somebody

Synonyms

• betray
• denounce
• give away
• grass
• rat
• shit
• shop
• snitch
• stag
• tell on

More generic

• inform

More specific

• sell someone out

Verb

catch rats, especially with dogs

Synonyms

• rat

More generic

• capture
• catch

Verb

give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat

Synonyms

• rat

More generic

• fill out
• pad

Verb

take the place of work of someone on strike

Synonyms

• blackleg
• fink
• rat
• scab

More generic

• do work
• work

Verb

employ scabs or strike breakers in

Synonyms

• rat

More generic

• employ
• engage
• hire

Verb

desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage

Synonyms

• rat

More generic

• defect
• desert

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