| Main Entry: | rat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | informer |
Synonyms: |
backstabber, betrayer, blabbermouth, canary, deep throat, double-crosser, fink, informant, sneak, snitch, source, squealer, stool pigeon, stoolie, tattler, tattletale, turncoat, whistle-blower |
| Main Entry: | accuser |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person laying blame |
Synonyms: |
indicter, informer, prosecutor, rat, tattletale |
| Main Entry: | apostate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | traitor |
Synonyms: |
backslider, defector, deserter, dissenter, heretic, nonconformist, rat, recreant, renegade, turncoat |
Antonyms: |
adherent, faithful, loyalist |
| Main Entry: | cad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sly, dastardly person |
Synonyms: |
boor, bounder, clown, creep, cur, dog*, heel, louse, lout, rake, rascal, rat, rotter, rounder, scoundrel, stinker, worm |
Antonyms: |
gentleman, helper |
| Main Entry: | cur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rotten, lowly animate being |
Synonyms: |
black sheep, blackguard, bum, cad, coward, dog*, good-for-nothing, heel, hound, ne'er-do-well, rat, riffraff, scoundrel, scum*, skunk, snake*, stinker, toad, villain, worm, wretch, yellow dog |
| Main Entry: | default |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dodge payment |
Synonyms: |
bilk, defraud, dishonor, evade, fail, leave town, meet under arch, neglect, put on the cuff, rat, repudiate, run out on, see in the alley, shirk, skate, skip, skip out on, stiff*, swindle, welch, welsh |
Antonyms: |
pay |
| Main Entry: | defect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break from belief, faith |
Synonyms: |
abandon, abscond, apostatize, back out, break faith, change sides, depart, desert, fall away from, forsake, go, go back on, go over, go over the fence, lapse, leave, pull out, quit, rat, rebel, reject, renege, renounce, revolt, run out, schism, sell out, spurn, take a walk, tergiversate, tergiverse, turn, turn coat, walk out on, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
come in, join |
| Main Entry: | denounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn, attack |
Synonyms: |
accuse, adjudicate, arraign, blacklist, blame, boycott, brand, castigate, censure, charge, charge with, criticize, damn, declaim, decry, denunciate, derogate, dress down, excoriate, expose, finger*, hang something on, impeach, implicate, impugn, incriminate, indict, inveigh against, knock, ostracize, proscribe, prosecute, rap, rat, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprobate, reprove, revile, scold, show up, skin*, smear, stigmatize, take to task, threaten, upbraid, vilify, vituperate |
Antonyms: |
approve, commend, compliment, praise |
| Main Entry: | fink |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | informer |
Synonyms: |
canary, narc, nark, rat, scab, snake*, snitch, squealer, stool pigeon, stoolie, tattletale, tipster, weasel, whistle-blower |
| Main Entry: | informant/informer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who delivers news |
Synonyms: |
accuser, adviser, announcer, betrayer, blabbermouth, canary, crier, deep throat, double-crosser, herald, interviewer, journalist, messenger, newscaster/newsperson, notifier, preacher, propagandist, rat, reporter, sneak, source, stool pigeon, tattler, tattletale |