RATS (ON) Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

rats (on)

verb

Definition of rats (on)

present tense third-person singular of rat (on)

as in splits (on)

to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities how much—or how little—did the fuzz have to pay you to rat on us?

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as in defects (from)

to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another many party operatives ratted on the senator's candidacy once her poll numbers started to slip

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The individual feedback goes to the person first, privately, the way a coach talks to an athlete between plays.

— Vivek Thomas, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Deana Burke talks to Daisy Alioto about an experiment in retail slop.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of talks

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The lowland deserts with cacti and catclaw brush are Gambel’s quail habitat.

— Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 19 Aug. 2026
And a $208 million Rural Health Transformation award now lets Arkansas confront the maternity care deserts the national conversation overlooks—because when the nearest delivery unit is an hour away, distance itself is a risk factor.

— John Boozman, Time, 23 June 2026

Definition of deserts

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When a human accepts, rejects or overrides the agent, the organization can reconstruct why—not from a comment field that made sense to the person who wrote it, but from a structured record that holds its meaning after they're gone.

— Krupesh Bhat, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Israel rejects this, viewing the area as disputed rather than occupied.

— Pesha Magid Reuters, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of rejects

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