SNITCHING Synonyms: 120 Similar and Opposite Words

snitching 1 of 3

noun

as in lying

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snitching

2 of 3

verb (1)

present participle of snitch

as in talking

to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities he snitched on his friend because he was only looking out for himself

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snitching

3 of 3

verb (2)

present participle of snitch

as in stealing

to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep snitched some paper from the office supply room for use with her printer at home

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As officers in his proffer interview gave him an inventory of various Crips colleagues who were snitching, on the run from police or already in prison,Davis summed up the reality of gangsta life. — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026 This isn’t the first instance of a Waymo robotaxi snitching on misbehaving passengers. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026 Time off hoarding and snitching ensued. — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2026 Rio’s staunch griminess, dreaming of whacking his brother and wanting to cut his nephew’s tongue for snitching, drags Fxce out into the open sea. — Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 23 Feb. 2026 The rap world came to interpret this as tantamount to snitching, a violation of a sacred rule in the streets. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025 The Brooklyn native was found with cocaine and MDMA and also admitted to assaulting a man who taunted him about snitching during a recent trip to a Florida mall. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019

Recent Examples of Synonyms for snitching

Noun

Blatant, in-your-face lying, cheating and stealing is the norm.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026
Meanwhile, Melanie’s sister, Steph, begged Melanie to leave Sincere because of his compulsive lying and shady behavior.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of lying

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That level of pure confidence while talking to the person with cold, hard footage is what makes Lisa Barlow the perfect Real Housewife.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
There are so many more interesting things than listening to a bunch of Flock employees talking on a wireless microphone with radio.

— Nilay Patel, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of talking

Noun

That changed after the 2020 presidential election, when secretaries of state in places such as Arizona, Georgia and Michigan were thrust into battles over election results, certification and false claims of widespread fraud.

— Thom Reilly, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
As Vanity Fair reported at the time, the article led to an all-hands meeting at The Times where some staffers questioned the choice to run a soft profile on a woman who had been convicted of fraud and was about to head to prison.

— Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of fraud

Noun

Perhaps that’s why the studio’s new reliance upon computer trickery — courtesy of a collaboration with Wētā FX — feels more like more of a symptom of Prue’s crisis than part of the solution to it.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2026
Thursday is The New York Times’s favorite day of the week to publish crosswords with twists, surprises or extra layers of trickery to puzzle over.

— Sean McGowan, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of trickery

Noun

Hosted by Alan Cumming, the social deduction game follows a group of contestants (who are sometimes celebrities) engaging in a Mafia or Werewolf-style game of deception.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
With shifting alliances and deception, only the most calculating player will survive to win it all, per the logline.

— Peter White, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of deception

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