rat
English Thesaurus
1. any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | gnawer, rodent, |
definition | : | relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | pocket rat, |
definition | : | any of various rodents with cheek pouches (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | jerboa rat, |
definition | : | large Australian rat with hind legs adapted for leaping (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | oryzomys palustris, rice rat, |
definition | : | hardy agile rat of grassy marshes of Mexico and the southeastern United States (noun.animal) |
2. a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure (noun.artifact)
hypernym | : | pad, |
definition | : | a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort (noun.artifact) |
3. one who reveals confidential information in return for money (noun.person)
hypernym | : | informant, source, |
definition | : | a person who supplies information (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | copper's nark, nark, |
definition | : | an informer or spy working for the police (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | grass, supergrass, |
definition | : | a police informer who implicates many people (noun.person) |
4. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible (noun.person)
5. someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike (noun.person)
hypernym | : | worker, |
definition | : | a person who works at a specific occupation (noun.person) |
6. give away information about somebody (verb.communication)
hypernym | : | inform, |
definition | : | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to (verb.communication) |
hyponym | : | sell out, |
definition | : | give information that compromises others (verb.communication) |
7. catch rats, especially with dogs (verb.contact)
hypernym | : | capture, catch, |
definition | : | capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping (verb.contact) |
8. give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat (verb.contact)
hypernym | : | fill out, pad, |
definition | : | line or stuff with soft material (verb.contact) |
9. take the place of work of someone on strike (verb.social)
hypernym | : | do work, work, |
definition | : | be employed (verb.social) |
10. employ scabs or strike breakers in (verb.social)
domain category | : | industry, manufacture, |
definition | : | the organized action of making of goods and services for sale (noun.act) |
11. desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage (verb.social)
hypernym | : | defect, desert, |
definition | : | desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army (verb.social) |
12. any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse (noun.animal)
derivation | : | rat, |
definition | : | catch rats, especially with dogs (verb.contact) |
derivation | : | ratty, |
definition | : | dirty and infested with rats (adj.all) |
13. a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure (noun.artifact)
derivation | : | rat, |
definition | : | give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat (verb.contact) |
14. one who reveals confidential information in return for money (noun.person)
derivation | : | confess, fink, squeal, |
definition | : | confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | inform, |
definition | : | act as an informer (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on, |
definition | : | give away information about somebody (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle, |
definition | : | divulge confidential information or secrets (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, |
definition | : | speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | betray, sell, |
definition | : | deliver to an enemy by treachery (verb.social) |
15. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible (noun.person)
derivation | : | rat, |
definition | : | desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage (verb.social) |
16. someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike (noun.person)
derivation | : | blackleg, fink, rat, scab, |
definition | : | take the place of work of someone on strike (verb.social) |
derivation | : | rat, |
definition | : | employ scabs or strike breakers in (verb.social) |
17. give away information about somebody (verb.communication)
derivation | : | informing, ratting, |
definition | : | to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors) (noun.communication) |
derivation | : | dump, shit, |
definition | : | a coarse term for defecation (noun.process) |
18. catch rats, especially with dogs (verb.contact)
derivation | : | rat terrier, ratter, |
definition | : | any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats (noun.animal) |
derivation | : | rat, |
definition | : | any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse (noun.animal) |
19. give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat (verb.contact)
derivation | : | rat, |
definition | : | a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure (noun.artifact) |
20. take the place of work of someone on strike (verb.social)
21. employ scabs or strike breakers in (verb.social)
22. desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage (verb.social)
derivation | : | bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot, |
definition | : | a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible (noun.person) |
23. any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse (noun.animal)
derivation | : | rat, |
definition | : | catch rats, especially with dogs (verb.contact) |
derivation | : | ratty, |
definition | : | dirty and infested with rats (adj.all) |
24. a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure (noun.artifact)
derivation | : | rat, |
definition | : | give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat (verb.contact) |
25. one who reveals confidential information in return for money (noun.person)
derivation | : | confess, fink, squeal, |
definition | : | confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | inform, |
definition | : | act as an informer (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on, |
definition | : | give away information about somebody (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle, |
definition | : | divulge confidential information or secrets (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, |
definition | : | speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | betray, sell, |
definition | : | deliver to an enemy by treachery (verb.social) |
26. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible (noun.person)
derivation | : | rat, |
definition | : | desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage (verb.social) |
27. someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike (noun.person)
derivation | : | blackleg, fink, rat, scab, |
definition | : | take the place of work of someone on strike (verb.social) |
derivation | : | rat, |
definition | : | employ scabs or strike breakers in (verb.social) |
28. give away information about somebody (verb.communication)
derivation | : | informing, ratting, |
definition | : | to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors) (noun.communication) |
derivation | : | dump, shit, |
definition | : | a coarse term for defecation (noun.process) |
29. catch rats, especially with dogs (verb.contact)
derivation | : | rat terrier, ratter, |
definition | : | any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats (noun.animal) |
derivation | : | rat, |
definition | : | any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse (noun.animal) |
30. give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat (verb.contact)
derivation | : | rat, |
definition | : | a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure (noun.artifact) |
31. take the place of work of someone on strike (verb.social)
32. employ scabs or strike breakers in (verb.social)
33. desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage (verb.social)
derivation | : | bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot, |
definition | : | a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible (noun.person) |
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