Synonyms for rat
rætrat

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1. 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, blabber

2. scab, 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, blabber

3. rotter, 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, tooshie

4. informer, 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-timer

5. ratverb

   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, blabber

6. ratverb

   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, stag

7. ratverb

   employ scabs or strike breakers in

   Synonyms:
   give away, scab, snitch, fink, betray, denounce, shit, shop, blackleg, tell on, grass, stag

8. fink, 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, stag

9. ratverb

   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, stag

10. ratverb

    catch rats, especially with dogs

    Synonyms:
    give away, scab, snitch, fink, betray, denounce, shit, shop, blackleg, tell on, grass, stag

11. denounce, 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

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1. • Catch
   • Desert
   • Employ
   • Industry
   • Informant
   • Pad
   • Rodent

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ratverb

   Synonyms:
   desert one's party (from interested motives), bolt

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1. List of paraphrases for "rat":

   rats, council, snitch, mole, informer, squealer, c.i., hellhole, rtw

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1. Ronald Parchem:

   Anytime you take a species and mix it with another, the host species [the one with the embryo] generally does better, if you take a rat cell and put it into amouse blastocyst[an early embryo], the rat cells are at a disadvantage. Thats why, in general, chimerism is very low.

2. Lily Tomlin:

   The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.

3. Harry Emerson Fosdick:

   Hating people is like burning down your house to get rid of a rat.

4. Paul Gruchow:

   It is one thing to decry the rat race...that is the good and honorable work of moralists. It is quite another thing to quit the rat race, to drop out, to refuse to run any further--that is the work of the individualist. It is offensive because it is impolite it makes the rebuke personal the individualist calls not his or her behavior into question, but mine.

5. Miguel de Cervantes:

   Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.