Antonyms for canaries

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : kuh-nair-ee

Phonetic Transcription : kəˈnɛər i

Definition of canaries

Origin : type of small songbird, 1650s (short for Canary-bird, 1570s), from French canarie, from Spanish canario "canary bird," literally "of the Canary Islands," from Latin Insula Canaria "Canary Island," largest of the Fortunate Isles, literally "island of dogs" (canis, genitive canarius; see canine (n.)), so called because large dogs lived there. The name was extended to the whole island group (Canariæ Insulæ) by the time of Arnobius (c.300). As a type of wine (from the Canary Islands) from 1580s.

As in informant/informer : noun person who delivers news
As in rat : noun informer
As in snitch : noun informer
As in stool pigeon : noun informer to police
As in tattletale/tattler : noun person who gossips, tells rumors
As in weasel : noun sneak
As in informer : noun reporter
As in tattletale : noun gossip
As in informant : noun informer
As in songbird : noun singing bird
As in squealer : noun informant
As in snitcher : noun informer
As in stoolie : noun informer
As in tattler : noun informer
As in fink : noun informer
As in sing : verb carry a tune with one's voice
As in vocalize : verb put into words or song

Example sentences :

I have two canaries which have set twice this spring, but have not raised a bird.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 27, 1880 » by Various

We have three canaries, and one of them is almost as old as I am.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, August 31, 1880 » by Various

Now you come to mention it, I dare say she does turn 'em into canaries.
Extract from : « Brother Copas » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

She was easy in mind, since Miss Dickinson's canaries would be delivered.
Extract from : « Brother Copas » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

He'd as soon think of tryin' to hatch out ostriches or canaries.
Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford

Canaries sing well, but the defect of their music is its abundance.
Extract from : « Days Off » by Henry Van Dyke

It contained a number of bird-cages, such as are used for canaries.
Extract from : « Dick Leslie's Luck » by Harry Collingwood

Now, as you well know, the Canaries alone of all the archipelagoes were inhabited.
Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin » by Charles Darwin

Here he reminds one of an eagle caged with a colony of canaries.'
Extract from : « The Explorer » by W. Somerset Maugham

What she said was that her mother and Mr. Fenwick were exactly like the canaries.
Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan

Synonyms for canaries

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