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Synonyms for rat
rætrat
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Princeton's WordNet
ratnoun
any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
Synonyms:
betrayer, git, puke, rotter, dirty dog, strikebreaker, stinker, informer, scab, squealer, skunk, scum bag, bum, lowlife, so-and-so, stinkpot, blackleg, crumb, blabberscab, strikebreaker, blackleg, ratnoun
someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
Synonyms:
betrayer, git, puke, rotter, dirty dog, strikebreaker, stinker, informer, scab, squealer, skunk, scum bag, bum, lowlife, so-and-so, stinkpot, blackleg, crumb, blabberrotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, gitnoun
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
"only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'"
Synonyms:
vomit, lemon, keister, pot, wood pussy, seat, behind, crumb, butt, nates, hobo, skunk, rear end, blackleg, scum bag, locoweed, sens, barf, layabout, bottom, can, stern, git, informer, fundament, stinker, weed, posterior, buttocks, do-nothing, puke, polecat, stinkpot, backside, bum, grass, green goddess, betrayer, musk turtle, tail, idler, buns, arse, hindquarters, tail end, tush, sess, derriere, so-and-so, vomitus, hind end, rotter, dirty dog, ass, lowlife, tramp, rump, prat, strikebreaker, squealer, fanny, rear, dope, gage, shutout, smoke, loafer, scab, blabber, tooshieinformer, betrayer, rat, squealer, blabbernoun
one who reveals confidential information in return for money
Synonyms:
double-dealer, puke, rotter, dirty dog, git, double-crosser, strikebreaker, stinker, hog, grunter, informer, so-and-so, pig, squealer, skunk, betrayer, traitor, scum bag, scab, lowlife, bum, stinkpot, blackleg, crumb, blabber, two-timerratverb
a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure
Synonyms:
betrayer, git, puke, rotter, dirty dog, strikebreaker, stinker, informer, scab, squealer, skunk, scum bag, bum, lowlife, so-and-so, stinkpot, blackleg, crumb, blabberratverb
desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage
Synonyms:
give away, scab, snitch, fink, betray, denounce, shit, shop, blackleg, tell on, grass, stagratverb
employ scabs or strike breakers in
Synonyms:
give away, scab, snitch, fink, betray, denounce, shit, shop, blackleg, tell on, grass, stagfink, scab, rat, blacklegverb
take the place of work of someone on strike
Synonyms:
give away, snitch, scab, tell on, confess, fink, betray, denounce, shit, shop, blackleg, squeal, grass, stagratverb
give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat
Synonyms:
give away, scab, snitch, fink, betray, denounce, shit, shop, blackleg, tell on, grass, stagratverb
catch rats, especially with dogs
Synonyms:
give away, scab, snitch, fink, betray, denounce, shit, shop, blackleg, tell on, grass, stagdenounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stagverb
give away information about somebody
"He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
Synonyms:
thieve, cop, betray, hook, buy at, stag, let on, mark, stool, reveal, spy, disclose, deceive, expose, defecate, fail, take a shit, frequent, sell, browse, bewray, snoop, snitch, make, brand, fink, lead astray, ca-ca, cheat, shit, give away, grass, break, wander, sleuth, sponsor, crap, shop, glom, grass over, divulge, stigmatize, patronise, shop at, stigmatise, knock off, blackleg, bring out, take a crap, denounce, cuckold, unwrap, patronize, tell on, cheat on, discover, scab, let out
Dictionary of English Synonymes
ratverb
Synonyms:
desert one's party (from interested motives), bolt
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#34 | can | |
#132 | make | |
#343 | shop | |
#564 | sell | |
#603 | browse | |
#698 | council | |
#834 | mark | |
#974 | brand | |
#1304 | ass | |
#1531 | behind | |
#1618 | break | |
#1796 | bottom | |
#2366 | sponsor | |
#2636 | fail | |
#2740 | seat | |
#2995 | discover | |
#3398 | rear | |
#3680 | spy | |
#4236 | smoke | |
#4580 | butt | |
#4793 | shit | |
#5100 | pot | |
#5118 | grass | |
#5613 | hook | |
#5910 | rat | |
#5936 | tail | |
#5997 | frequent | |
#6230 | cheat | |
#6659 | lemon | |
#6891 | rats | |
#7124 | reveal | |
#7887 | crap | |
#7993 | pig | |
#8871 | weed | |
#9382 | cop | |
#9419 | disclose | |
#9799 | gage | |
#9954 | unwrap | |
#10536 | stern | |
#12366 | expose | |
#13740 | stool | |
#14429 | snoop | |
#15599 | stag | |
#16268 | hog | |
#16328 | mole | |
#17287 | posterior | |
#17542 | wander | |
#18387 | confess | |
#20585 | bum | |
#20651 | fanny | |
#20771 | git | |
#20895 | dope | |
#21860 | cuckold | |
#21921 | fink | |
#23240 | hobo | |
#24656 | arse | |
#25040 | tramp | |
#27265 | skunk | |
#30277 | sens | |
#30327 | buns | |
#30329 | deceive | |
#30664 | vomit | |
#30910 | sess | |
#32443 | traitor | |
#32782 | backside | |
#33149 | crumb | |
#33207 | buttocks | |
#37100 | betray | |
#38007 | informer | |
#38443 | puke | |
#40292 | denounce | |
#41626 | sleuth | |
#42688 | divulge | |
#45551 | shutout | |
#45591 | rump | |
#47936 | idler | |
#50464 | scab | |
#51134 | loafer | |
#54814 | barf | |
#56732 | rtw | |
#58813 | prat | |
#61869 | snitch | |
#64754 | squeal | |
#77936 | patronize | |
#81978 | tush | |
#88781 | nates | |
#97992 | stinker | |
#98647 | blabber | |
#101378 | lowlife | |
#122628 | rotter | |
#123253 | derriere | |
#132482 | hindquarters | |
#132577 | betrayer | |
#135736 | defecate | |
#135789 | keister | |
#139634 | hellhole | |
#146615 | stigmatize | |
#151924 | polecat | |
#156396 | fundament | |
#174304 | squealer | |
#176380 | glom | |
#187139 | blackleg | |
#189189 | bewray | |
#216944 | patronise | |
#243647 | grunter | |
#295293 | vomitus | |
#297778 | layabout | |
#321943 | stigmatise | |
#323789 | thieve |
How to use rat in a sentence?
When I was a youngster, somebody gave me a white rat as a pet.
Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.
The Republicans keep wanting people to believe you can have things without paying for them, if they want to pull the medical profession and the public through the rat hole, that’s their privilege.
If you see a rat, you should assume it has some sort of pathogen.
It turns into a rat maze.
Translations for rat
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- rotAfrikaans
- جرذ, فأرArabic
- achakuAymara
- siçovulAzerbaijani
- пацукBelarusian
- плъхBulgarian
- ইঁদুরBengali
- razhBreton
- rata, delatar, rat, acuarCatalan, Valencian
- krysa, potkanCzech
- llygoden fawrWelsh
- rotteDanish
- Ratte, Rattenmännchen, Rättin, Ratz, Rattenweibchen, RatzeGerman
- αρουραίοςGreek
- virrato, rato, ratido, ratino, ratiĉoEsperanto
- rata, chivar, delatarSpanish
- rottEstonian
- arratoiBasque
- موشPersian
- antaa ilmi, petturi, rotta, kannellaFinnish
- kalavoFijian
- rottaFaroese
- rat d'égout, rat, moucharder, souris, rat noir, cafter, rat gris, surmulot, RÄT --> RATFrench
- rôtWestern Frisian
- francach, luchóg mhor, luch francach, francach dubh, rätIrish
- radanScottish Gaelic
- rataGalician
- roddan, treigManx
- चूहाHindi
- patkányHungarian
- շիկամուկ, առնետArmenian
- ratta, rattoInterlingua
- tikusIndonesian
- ratino, ratulo, rato, ratyunoIdo
- rottaIcelandic
- spia, fare la spia, cantare, traditore, ratto, sorcio, pentito, spifferare, topo, delatoreItalian
- ラット, ネズミ, 鼠, 熊鼠, クマネズミ, ねずみJapanese
- werokJavanese
- ვირთხაGeorgian
- егеуқұйрықKazakh
- កណ្ដុរប្រែងKhmer
- ಇಲಿKannada
- 쥐Korean
- арчычканKyrgyz
- mūsLatin
- RatLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ໜູLao
- žiurkėLithuanian
- žurkaLatvian
- kioreMāori
- стаор, стаорецMacedonian
- എലിMalayalam
- босуул, оргодолMongolian
- उंदिरMarathi
- tikusMalay
- farMaltese
- ကြွက်Burmese
- rotteNorwegian
- bruine rat, rioolrat, rat, zwarte ratDutch
- rotteNorwegian Nynorsk
- rotteNorwegian
- łéʼétsohNavajo, Navaho
- rat, garriOccitan
- szczurPolish
- ratoPortuguese
- șobolanRomanian
- доносить, предатель, крыса, пасюк, предательница, стучатьRussian
- musSardinian
- roahttuNorthern Sami
- pacov, штакор, пацов, štakorSerbo-Croatian
- ලොකු මීයාSinhala, Sinhalese
- potkan, krysaSlovak
- podganaSlovene
- 'ioleSamoan
- miu i gjirizeveAlbanian
- råttaSwedish
- panyaSwahili
- எலிTamil
- ఎలుకTelugu
- мушTajik
- หนูThai
- alakaTurkmen
- dagaTagalog
- pebaTswana
- kumāTonga (Tonga Islands)
- sıçanTurkish
- күсеTatar
- щур, пацюкUkrainian
- چوهاUrdu
- kalamushUzbek
- chuộtVietnamese
- hirat, rat, jirat, ratülVolapük
- kañaWolof
- שטשור, ראַץYiddish
- 鼠Chinese
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