| Main Entry: | stool pigeon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | informer to police |
Synonyms: |
agent provocateur, betrayer, blabbermouth, canary, decoy, deep throat, double-crosser, fink, fink, informant, informer, narc, narc, nark, nark, plant, police informer, rat, rat fink, rat, shill, sneak, snitch, snitcher, source, spy, squealer, squealer, stoolie, stoolie, tattler, tattletale, tipster, turncoat, weasel, whistle-blower |
| Main Entry: | decoy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bait, trap |
Synonyms: |
allurement, attraction, beard, blind, blow off, booster, camouflage, catch, chicane, chicanery, come-on, deception, drawing card, ensnarement, enticement, facade, fake, front, imitation, inducement, inveiglement, lure, nark, plant, pretense, seducement, shill, sitting duck, snare, stick, stool pigeon, stoolie, temptation, trick, trickery |
| 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 |
| 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: | snitch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | informer |
Synonyms: |
betrayer, blabbermouth, canary, deep throat, double-crosser, fink, informant, narc, nark, rat, sneak, snitcher, source, squealer, stool pigeon, stoolie, tattler, tattletale, tipster, turncoat, weasel, whistle-blower |
| Main Entry: | tattletale/tattler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who gossips, tells rumors |
Synonyms: |
bigmouth, blabberer, blabbermouth, busybody, canary, fat mouth, fink, gossip, informer, rat, rumormonger, scandalmonger, snitch, squealer, stool pigeon, talebearer, taleteller, telltale, tipster, troublemaker, whistleblower, windbag |
| Main Entry: | tool |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who allows himself to be used |
Synonyms: |
accessory, accomplice, agent, auxiliary, chump, creature, dupe, easy mark, figurehead, flunky, go-between, greenhorn, hireling, idiot, intermediary, jackal, lackey, mark*, medium, messenger, minion, patsy, pawn, peon, puppet, stooge, stool pigeon, sucker |
| Main Entry: | traitor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is disloyal |
Synonyms: |
Benedict Arnold, Judas, apostate, back-stabber, backslider, betrayer, conspirator, deceiver, defector, deserter, double-crosser, fink, hypocrite, impostor, informer, intriguer, miscreant, quisling, rebel, renegade, snake*, sneak*, snitch, snitcher, spy, squealer, stool pigeon, tattletale, traducer, treasonist, turncoat, two-timer, whistle-blower, wolf* |
Antonyms: |
loyalist |
| Main Entry: | turncoat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | traitor |
Synonyms: |
Benedict Arnold, Judas, apostate, back-stabber, betrayer, conspirator, deceiver, defector, deserter, double-crosser, fink, informer, quisling, rat, rebel, renegade, snake*, sneak*, snitch, spy, squealer, stool pigeon, tattletale, tergiversator, treasonist, two-timer, whistle-blower |