Synonyms for canary
kəˈnɛər ica·na·ry

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1. fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool pigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canarynoun

   someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

   Synonyms:
   fink, stool pigeon, pilferer, canary bird, sneak, stoolie, tennis shoe, canary yellow, stalker, sneaker, stoolpigeon, sneak thief, snitch, prowler, snitcher, gym shoe

   Antonyms:
   neutral, achromatic

2. canarynoun

   a female singer

   Synonyms:
   canary bird, stoolpigeon, canary yellow, snitch, stool pigeon, sneaker, snitcher, fink, stoolie, sneak

   Antonyms:
   neutral, achromatic

3. canary yellow, canarynoun

   a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge

   Synonyms:
   canary bird, stoolpigeon, canary yellow, snitch, stool pigeon, sneaker, snitcher, fink, stoolie, sneak

   Antonyms:
   neutral, achromatic

4. canary, canary birdadjective

   any of several small Old World finches

   Synonyms:
   canary bird, stoolpigeon, canary yellow, snitch, stool pigeon, sneaker, snitcher, fink, stoolie, sneak

   Antonyms:
   neutral, achromatic

5. canary, canary-yellowadjective

   having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow

   Synonyms:
   canary-yellow

   Antonyms:
   neutral, achromatic

Matched Categories

1. • Informer
   • Singer

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1. List of paraphrases for "canary":

   canaries, canari, canarie, canarias, canaris, canarian, birdseed, dandelion, canario, canaria

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1. Ron Magill:

   Because butterflies are some of the most sensitive insects to changes in temperature, they are considered the' canary in the coal mine' when it comes to climate change.

2. Ghislaine Maxwell:

   I think her song should be ‘Canary in a Coalmine’ because I think she will be singing. Snitches may end up in ditches unless you want a deal. And the bigger the name, the bigger the deal.

3. Venus Herrick:

   This was a needle-in-a-haystack search with no guarantee that the needle exists, finding a change that could be clearly confirmed as real was absolutely a surprise. We were pretty certain that Venus is volcanically active, but we didn’t know if eruptions occur every few months, years, once every 10,000 years, or longer. All options could have fit with existing data. Unless we got incredibly lucky, we now know the frequency is every few months or so, similar to the family of Earth’s big basaltic intraplate volcanoes like Hawaii, the Galapagos Islands, Canary Islands, etc.

4. Ignacio Labayen de Inza:

   It's not just a UK thing, it's in Amsterdam, Berlin, Munich, Rome, Kiev, Moscow, Helsinki - and in many of what people call 'gay destinations', like (Spain's) Ibiza, Torremolinos, the Canary Islands.

5. Jeremy Swan:

   The leveraged loan market can be considered a canary in the coal mine for the U.S. economy.