Synonyms for RAT
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1. ratnoun

   any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse

   Synonyms:
   betrayer, git, puke, rotter, dirty dog, strikebreaker, stinker, informer, scab, squealer, skunk, scum bag, bum, lowlife, so-and-so, stinkpot, blackleg, crumb, blabber

2. scab, strikebreaker, blackleg, ratnoun

   someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike

   Synonyms:
   betrayer, git, puke, rotter, dirty dog, strikebreaker, stinker, informer, scab, squealer, skunk, scum bag, bum, lowlife, rat, so-and-so, stinkpot, blackleg, crumb, blabber

3. rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, gitnoun

   a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

   "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'"

   Synonyms:
   vomit, lemon, keister, pot, wood pussy, seat, behind, crumb, butt, nates, hobo, skunk, rear end, blackleg, scum bag, locoweed, sens, barf, layabout, bottom, can, stern, git, informer, fundament, stinker, weed, posterior, buttocks, do-nothing, puke, polecat, stinkpot, backside, bum, grass, green goddess, betrayer, musk turtle, tail, idler, buns, arse, hindquarters, tail end, tush, sess, derriere, so-and-so, vomitus, hind end, rotter, dirty dog, ass, lowlife, tramp, rump, prat, strikebreaker, squealer, fanny, rear, dope, gage, shutout, smoke, loafer, scab, rat, blabber, tooshie

4. informer, betrayer, rat, squealer, blabbernoun

   one who reveals confidential information in return for money

   Synonyms:
   double-dealer, puke, rotter, dirty dog, git, double-crosser, strikebreaker, stinker, hog, grunter, informer, so-and-so, pig, squealer, skunk, betrayer, traitor, scum bag, scab, lowlife, rat, bum, stinkpot, blackleg, crumb, blabber, two-timer

5. ratverb

   a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure

   Synonyms:
   betrayer, git, puke, rotter, dirty dog, strikebreaker, stinker, informer, scab, squealer, skunk, scum bag, bum, lowlife, so-and-so, stinkpot, blackleg, crumb, blabber

6. ratverb

   desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage

   Synonyms:
   give away, scab, snitch, fink, betray, denounce, shit, shop, blackleg, tell on, grass, stag

7. ratverb

   employ scabs or strike breakers in

   Synonyms:
   give away, scab, snitch, fink, betray, denounce, shit, shop, blackleg, tell on, grass, stag

8. fink, scab, rat, blacklegverb

   take the place of work of someone on strike

   Synonyms:
   give away, snitch, scab, tell on, confess, fink, rat, betray, denounce, shit, shop, blackleg, squeal, grass, stag

9. ratverb

   give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat

   Synonyms:
   give away, scab, snitch, fink, betray, denounce, shit, shop, blackleg, tell on, grass, stag

10. ratverb

    catch rats, especially with dogs

    Synonyms:
    give away, scab, snitch, fink, betray, denounce, shit, shop, blackleg, tell on, grass, stag

11. denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stagverb

    give away information about somebody

    "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"

    Synonyms:
    thieve, cop, betray, hook, buy at, stag, let on, mark, stool, reveal, spy, disclose, deceive, expose, defecate, fail, take a shit, frequent, sell, browse, bewray, snoop, snitch, make, brand, fink, lead astray, ca-ca, cheat, shit, give away, grass, break, wander, sleuth, sponsor, crap, shop, glom, grass over, divulge, stigmatize, patronise, shop at, stigmatise, knock off, blackleg, bring out, take a crap, denounce, cuckold, unwrap, patronize, tell on, cheat on, discover, scab, rat, let out

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1. • Catch
   • Desert
   • Employ
   • Industry
   • Informant
   • Pad
   • Rodent

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1. ratverb

   Synonyms:
   desert one's party (from interested motives), bolt

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1. List of paraphrases for "rat":

   rats, council, snitch, mole, informer, squealer, c.i., hellhole, rtw

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1. Mickey Mehta:

   Everyone wishes to either become this or desire to be like that , everyone who runs the race will always remain a rat. No matter what you try and be , one day you will see, that you are a unique fruit from a unique tree. You are a special fruit , be specialized, wake up to your special talent , get MickeyMized.

2. Michael Tubbs:

   I think it will make people work better and smarter and harder and also be able to do things like spend time with their families because we're not robots. We're not just designed just to work all day and run a rat race.

3. Andrew Schneider:

   I'm grateful to you. If it weren't for you, I'd be in Cicely right now and I'd still be running that rat race, still locked in that commute. I'd be totally stressed, I'd be totally ignorant of what my life could be. I'm happier now than I've ever been.

4. Darryl Clinton:

   I don't really want to be in the whole rat race thing, and I can escape that here.

5. Kurt Russell:

   They took me on and allowed me to kind of pursue my dream of learning how to make wine and becoming a cellar rat and getting involved with the winery.