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canary
noun, slang
Synonyms and Antonyms of CANARY
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing <a canary who was singing and giving up the names of some of the city's most notorious drug lords>
Synonyms betrayer, canary [slang], deep throat, fink, informant, nark [British], rat, rat fink, snitch, snitcher, squealer, stoolie, stool pigeon, talebearer, tattler, tattletale, telltale, whistle-blower
Related Words collaborator; blabber, blabbermouth, gossip, gossiper, leaker; snoop, snooper, spy; notifier
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