Synonyms of the word

canary

• n. A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.
• n. Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.
• n. A light, slightly greenish, yellow colour.
• n. A light, sweet, white wine from the Canary Islands.
• n. A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).
• n. Any test subject, especially an inadvertent or unwilling one. (From the mining practice of using canaries…
• n. (computing) A value placed in memory such that it will be the first data corrupted by a buffer overflow,…
• n. (informal) A female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.
• n. (slang) An informer or snitch; a squealer.
• n. (slang) A (usually yellow) capsule of the short-acting barbiturate pentobarbital/pentobarbitone (Nembutal).
• n. (Australia, informal) A yellow sticker of unroadworthiness.
• adj. Of a light yellow colour.
• v. (intransitive) to dance nimbly (as in the canary dance).
• v. (slang) to inform or snitch, to betray secrets, especially about illegal activities.

betrayer

• n. Someone who betrays, or reveals confidential information; a squealer or informer.
• n. A double-crosser.

blabber

• v. To blather; to talk foolishly or incoherently.
• v. To blab; to let out a secret.
• v. (Britain, obsolete) To stick out one's tongue.
• n. A person who blabs; a tattler; a telltale.

chromatic

• adj. Relating to or characterised by hue.
• adj. Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.
• adj. (music) Related to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage is…

finch

• n. Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere…
• v. To hunt for finches, to go finching.

fink

• n. (chiefly US, slang) A contemptible person; an informer; a strikebreaker.
• v. (chiefly US, slang) To betray a trust; to inform on.

informer

• n. One who informs someone else about something.
• n. A person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity.
• n. One who informs, animates, or inspires.

rat

• n. (zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.
• n. (informal) A term indiscriminately applied to numerous members of several rodent families (e.g. voles…
• n. (informal) A person who is known for betrayal; a scoundrel; a quisling.
• n. (informal) An informant or snitch.
• n. (slang) A person who routinely spends time at a particular location.
• n. Scab.
• n. (north-west London, slang) Vagina.
• n. A wad of shed hair used as part of a hairstyle.
• v. (usually with “on” or “out”) To betray someone and tell their secret to an authority or an enemy; to turn…
• v. (of a dog, etc.) To kill rats.
• n. (regional) A scratch or a score.
• n. (nautical, regional) A place in the sea with rapid currents and crags where a ship is likely to be torn…
• v. (regional) To scratch or score.
• v. (regional, rare, obsolete) To tear, rip, rend.

singer

• n. A person who sings, often professionally.
• n. (square dance) dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure…
• n. A person who, or device which, singes.
• n. A machine for singeing cloth.

sneak

• n. One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information.
• n. A cheat; a con artist; a trickster.
• n. An informer; a tell-tale.
• n. (obsolete, cricket) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; a daisy-cutter.
• n. (US) A sneaker; a tennis shoe.
• v. (intransitive) To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who…
• v. (transitive) To take something stealthily without permission.
• v. (transitive, dated) To hide, especially in a mean or cowardly manner.
• v. (intransitive) (informal, especially with on) To inform an authority about another's misdemeanours; to…
• adj. In advance; before release to the general public.
• adj. In a stealthy or surreptitious manner.

sneaker

• n. One who sneaks.
• n. (US, Atlantic Canada) An athletic shoe with a soft, rubber sole.
• n. (Britain, dialect, archaic) A vessel of drink.
• n. (biology) sneaker male.

snitch

• v. (transitive) To steal, quickly and quietly.
• v. (transitive) To inform on, especially in betrayal of others.
• v. (slang, transitive) To contact or cooperate with the police for any reason.
• n. A thief.
• n. An informer, usually one who betrays his group.
• n. (Britain) A nose.
• n. A tiny morsel.

squealer

• n. An animal that, or a person who squeals; especially a pig.
• n. (slang) an informant.
• n. The European swift.
• n. The harlequin duck.
• n. The American golden plover.

stoolie

• n. (slang) A stool pigeon.

vocaliser

• n. Alternative form of vocalizer.

vocalist

• n. A singer; a person who likes to sing.

vocalizer

• n. One who vocalizes.

yellow

• adj. Having yellow as its colour.
• adj. (informal) Lacking courage.
• adj. (publishing, journalism) Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.
• adj. (chiefly derogatory, offensive) Far East Asian (relating to Asian people).
• adj. (dated, Australia, offensive) Of mixed Aboriginal and Caucasian ancestry.
• adj. (dated, US) High yellow.
• adj. (Britain, politics) Related to the Liberal Democrats.
• adj. (politics) Related to the Free Democratic Party of Germany.
• n. The colour of gold, butter, or a lemon; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting…
• n. (US) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, the illumination of which indicates that…
• n. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.
• n. (pocket billiards) One of two groups of object balls, or a ball from that group, as used in the principally…
• n. (sports) A yellow card.
• v. (intransitive) To become yellow or more yellow.
• v. (transitive) To make (something) yellow or more yellow.

yellowness

• n. The state or quality of being yellow.
• n. (obsolete) jealousy.