Antonyms for weasel
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : wee-zuh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwi zəl |
Definition of weasel
Origin :- Old English weosule, wesle "weasel," from Proto-Germanic *wisulon (cf. Old Norse visla, Middle Dutch wesel, Dutch wezel, Old High German wisula, German Wiesel), probably related to Proto-Germanic *wisand- "bison" (see bison), with a base sense of "stinking animal," because both animals have a foul, musky smell (cf. Latin vissio "stench"). A John Wesilheued ("John Weaselhead") turns up on the Lincolnshire Assize Rolls for 1384, but the name seems not to have endured, for some reason.
- noun sneak
- verb avoid, evade
- The wolverene is a big cousin to the weasel, and also to the skunk.
- Extract from : « The House in the Water » by Charles G. D. Roberts
- HE Otter belongs to a class of animals which we may call the Weasel tribe.
- Extract from : « Chatterbox Stories of Natural History » by Anonymous
- The Weasel refused, saying that he was by nature the enemy of all birds.
- Extract from : « Aesop's Fables » by Aesop
- He connected this fact with Uncle Remus's allusions to the weasel.
- Extract from : « Nights With Uncle Remus » by Joel Chandler Harris
- In shape it is somewhat like a weasel, and is the largest of the tree martens.
- Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston
- Sigmund went searching for the herb he saw the weasel carry to his comrade.
- Extract from : « The Children of Odin » by Padraic Colum
- It was the same leaf as the weasel had brought to his comrade.
- Extract from : « The Children of Odin » by Padraic Colum
- Digger the Badger is just as much a cousin of yours as is Shadow the Weasel.
- Extract from : « The Burgess Animal Book for Children » by Thornton W. Burgess
- There's nothing about him that looks like a Weasel, that I could see.
- Extract from : « The Burgess Animal Book for Children » by Thornton W. Burgess
- But all but Shadow the Weasel hunt me when they are hungry and need food.
- Extract from : « The Burgess Animal Book for Children » by Thornton W. Burgess
Synonyms for weasel
- balk
- beat around the bush
- betrayer
- blabbermouth
- canary
- circumvent
- cop out
- dance around an issue
- deceiver
- deep throat
- dodge
- double-crosser
- duck
- elude
- equivocate
- eschew
- fink
- flee
- get around
- give the runaround
- hedge
- hem and haw
- informant
- informer
- lay low
- narc
- nark
- pussyfoot
- put off
- rat
- renege
- shirk
- shuck
- sidestep
- slip out
- sneak
- sneak away
- snitch
- snitcher
- source
- squealer
- stool pigeon
- stoolie
- tap dance
- tattler
- tattletale
- tipster
- turncoat
- waffle
- welsh
- whistle-blower
- worm one's way out of
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