Rat synonyms
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A hand-held input device that is moved about on a flat surface to direct the cursor on a computer screen. It also has buttons for activating computer functions. The underside of a mechanical mouse contains a rubber-coated ball that rotates as the mouse is moved; optical sensors detect the motion and move the screen pointer correspondingly. An optical mouse is cordless and uses reflections from an LED to track the mouse's movement over a special reflective mat which is marked with a grid that acts as a frame of reference.
rodent (related)
2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News", American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:"Š
To use evasions or subterfuge; equivocate
pest (related)
(UK, slang) Someone with poor social discipline who continually bothers uninterested women.
To abandon one's religious faith, a political party, one's principles, or a cause.
(Slang) A stool pigeon.
Any of various American rodents (family Cricetidae) living in water and having glossy brown fur, a long tail, webbed hind feet, and a musklike odor
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(Bible, person, proper) Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus: Matt. 26:14, 48
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.
Sprague-Dawley (related)
A person who secretly accuses, or gives evidence against, another, often for a reward
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A hired strikebreaker.
A person who goes over to the opposite side or party; traitor
An error or flaw in a process or product, affecting performance and potentially causing harm; a shortcoming in a legal document that may lead to its invalidity, or in a pleading that may lead to its dismissal.
An informer
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A pigeon used as a decoy.
A person who betrays his or her country, cause, friends, etc.; one guilty of treason or treachery
Vermin are animals, especially small ones, that are destructive pests.
One who double-crosses.
A person who gives, or serves as a source of, information
(Archaic) A coward.
A person who drifts or wanders about; vagabond
One who tergiversates
To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.
To become sour:
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To betray or go back on
To dye the ends of (hair or fur) in order to blend or improve appearance.
change sides
turn-one-s-coat
sell-down-the-river
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trust (related)
Reliance on something in the future; hope:
knowledge (related)
The state or fact of knowing:
law (related)
The branch of knowledge dealing with such rules; jurisprudence
approach (related)
The method used in dealing with or accomplishing:
A blabbermouth.
(Chiefly Brit., Slang) A despicable fellow; cad, bounder, etc.
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
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(Slang) Something difficult (e.g. a given puzzle) or unpleasant (e.g. negative review, nasty letter).
A lazy or shiftless person, especially one who seeks to live solely by the support of others.
(Countable) A worthless, despicable person.
The soft inner portion of bread.
A person of low social status or moral character:
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
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So-and-so is used as a stand-in for a name that you aren't sure of, or in place of using a vulgar expression.
A person who is active in trying to break up a workers' strike, as by intimidating strikers
A bacterial or fungal disease of certain plants, such as the cabbage and potato, that causes the stems to turn black at the soil line.
1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
rabbit (related)
hamster (related)
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flea (related)
cat (related)
pig (related)
piglet (related)
cockroach (related)
feces (related)
hedgehog (related)
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frog (related)
guinea-pig (related)
dog (related)
baboon (related)
IgG2b (related)
To cause visible strain to somebody or something.
To soil by defecation
To visit a shop or shops so as to look at and buy or price things for sale
A person who tattles; gossip or informer
An informer or talebearer
One who gives incriminating information about others
Also used with on: betray
To be treacherous to.
To talk is to speak, to have the power to speak, or to have a formal conversation.
To inform against someone
To soothe with singing.
To give sensitive information about someone to a third party; to rat on someone.
To evacuate the bowels; defecate.
To formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom; often by her father.
To bring to the grass or ground; to land.
Find another word for rat. In this page you can discover 91 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for rat, like: mouse, rodent, tergiversate, pest, apostatize, stoolie, muskrat, snot, judas, squealer and renegade.