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Synonyms for canary
kəˈnɛər ica·na·ry

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  1. fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool pigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canarynoun

    someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

    Synonyms:
    fink, stool pigeon, pilferer, canary bird, sneak, stoolie, tennis shoe, canary yellow, stalker, sneaker, stoolpigeon, sneak thief, snitch, prowler, snitcher, gym shoe

    Antonyms:
    neutral, achromatic

  2. canarynoun

    a female singer

    Synonyms:
    canary bird, stoolpigeon, canary yellow, snitch, stool pigeon, sneaker, snitcher, fink, stoolie, sneak

    Antonyms:
    neutral, achromatic

  3. canary yellow, canarynoun

    a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge

    Synonyms:
    canary bird, stoolpigeon, canary yellow, snitch, stool pigeon, sneaker, snitcher, fink, stoolie, sneak

    Antonyms:
    neutral, achromatic

  4. canary, canary birdadjective

    any of several small Old World finches

    Synonyms:
    canary bird, stoolpigeon, canary yellow, snitch, stool pigeon, sneaker, snitcher, fink, stoolie, sneak

    Antonyms:
    neutral, achromatic

  5. canary, canary-yellowadjective

    having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow

    Synonyms:
    canary-yellow

    Antonyms:
    neutral, achromatic

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How to use canary in a sentence?

  1. Joshua Henne:

    This is yet another canary in the coal mine for both November and the years ahead, you can look back four years to around now when Eric Cantor was knocked off and what that meant for an ascendant wing on the right. This is a big deal.

  2. Ignacio Labayen de Inza:

    It's not just a UK thing, it's in Amsterdam, Berlin, Munich, Rome, Kiev, Moscow, Helsinki - and in many of what people call 'gay destinations', like (Spain's) Ibiza, Torremolinos, the Canary Islands.

  3. Bernie Sanders:

    The bottom line is, when you left that meeting, you thought, 'What country am I living in? Is this the United States of America?' I fear that Flint is the canary in the coal mine here.

  4. Jeremy Swan:

    The leveraged loan market can be considered a canary in the coal mine for the U.S. economy.

  5. Supreme Court:

    Establishing standing does not require that a litigant fly as a canary into a coal mine before she may enforce her rights.


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