Thesaurus:rat out
THESAURUS | rat out |
English
Synonyms
- bewray
- blow the whistle
- clepe (chiefly dialect)
- denounce
- dime (US)
- dob
- drop a dime (US)
- drop a dime on someone (US)
- finger [WS]
- fink (chiefly US)
- fizgig (Australia)
- inform [WS]
- inform on
- grass up (chiefly UK)
- name names
- nark
- peach
- rat on
- rat out
- sing [WS]
- snitch
- squeak
- squeal
- tattle [WS] (childish)
- tell
- tell all
- tell on (childish)
- tip off
- turn in
Hypernyms
- accuse
- betray
- divulge [WS]
- expose
Various
- cooperate
- play ball
- —
- blab
- gossip [WS]
- talk [WS]
- —
- King's evidence
- Queen's evidence
- state's evidence
See also
- Thesaurus:informant
- Thesaurus:confess
Further reading
- “529. disclosure” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “rat out” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.