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Tattletale synonyms

tăt'l-tāl'

An informer, usually one who betrays his group.

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(Slang) A stool pigeon.

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(Slang) A woman who is a gossip or busybody

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A person who mixes into other people's affairs; meddler or gossip

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One who, privy to the commission of a crime, confidentially communicates with the police or other governmental entity about it.

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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Any of numerous long-tailed rodents of various families (esp. Muridae and Cricetidae) resembling, but larger than, the mouse: rats are very destructive pests and carriers of highly contagious diseases, as bubonic plague and typhus

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One who gives incriminating information about others

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Providing knowledge, as about a person's life, that was previously unknown or considered intimate:

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Either of two similar bird species in the shorebird genus Heteroscelus (Tringa in some taxonomies).

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A person who habitually makes trouble for others; esp., one who incites others to quarrel, rebel, etc.

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bigmouth

(Slang) A loudmouthed or gossipy person.

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A person who gives a tip, as to the police

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A pigeon used as a decoy.

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ratfink

A person regarded as contemptible, obnoxious, or otherwise undesirable.

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Trivial, chatty talk or writing.

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A person who gossips.

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Prone to gossip.

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One who spreads rumors.

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(Chiefly US, slang) Someone who betrays a trust.

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A person who tells tales

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One who reveals wrongdoing within an organization to the public or to those in positions of authority:

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An incessant or indiscreet talker.

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One who gossips.

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One who spreads malicious stories or gossip.

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Something that indicates or reveals information; a sign.

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A domestic cat, especially a female.

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A person who gives, or serves as a source of, information

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talkative (related)

Talking, or fond of talking, a great deal; loquacious

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Talking much or too much, esp. about unimportant things; loquacious

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knowledge (related)

The state or fact of knowing:

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law (related)

The branch of knowledge dealing with such rules; jurisprudence

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A person who gossips maliciously and spreads scandal

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(Informal) A person, esp. a trainer, regarded as having a special rapport with (a specified type of animal)

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A person habitually engaged in idle talk about others

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Find another word for tattletale. In this page you can discover 38 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for tattletale, like: snitch, stoolie, yenta, busybody, informer, blabbermouth, squealer, rat, snitcher, revealing and tattler.