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Synonyms & Antonyms of rat
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- the drug mule refused to turn rat without a guarantee of immunity
Synonyms for rat
- betrayer,
- canary
- [slang],
- deep throat,
- fink,
- informant,
- informer,
- nark
- [British],
- rat fink,
- snitch,
- snitcher,
- squealer,
- stool pigeon,
- stoolie,
- talebearer,
- tattler,
- tattletale,
- telltale,
- whistle-blower
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- on Friday night the mall rats were out in full force
Synonyms for rat
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- no one can understand what she finds appealing in a rat like him
Synonyms for rat
- bastard,
- beast,
- bleeder
- [British],
- blighter
- [chiefly British],
- boor,
- bounder,
- bugger,
- buzzard,
- cad,
- chuff,
- churl,
- clown,
- creep,
- cretin,
- crud
- [slang],
- crumb
- [slang],
- cur,
- dirtbag
- [slang],
- dog,
- fink,
- heel,
- hound,
- jerk,
- joker,
- louse,
- lout,
- pill,
- rat fink,
- reptile,
- rotter,
- schmuck
- [slang],
- scum,
- scumbag
- [slang],
- scuzzball
- [slang],
- skunk,
- sleaze,
- sleazebag
- [slang],
- sleazeball
- [slang],
- slime,
- slimeball
- [slang],
- slob,
- snake,
- so-and-so,
- sod
- [chiefly British],
- stinkard,
- stinker,
- swine,
- toad,
- varmint,
- vermin
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