Defenition of the word canary

• Defenition of the word canary

  • A small songbird (Serinus canaria) in the finch family originating from Madeira and the Canary Islands.
  • (informal) a female singer
  • having the color of a canary; a light to moderate yellow
  • any of several small Old World finches
  • a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge
  • someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
  • a female singer
  • having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow

Synonyms for the word canary

• • canary bird
  • canary yellow
  • canary-yellow
  • fink
  • sneak
  • snitch
  • stoolie
  • stoolpigeon

Similar words in the canary

• • chromatic
  • colored

Meronymys for the word canary

• • genus Serinus
  • Serinus

Hyponyms for the word canary

• • common canary
  • Serinus canaria

Hypernyms for the word canary

• • betrayer
  • blabber
  • finch
  • informer
  • rat
  • singer
  • squealer
  • vocaliser
  • vocalist
  • vocalizer
  • yellow
  • yellowness

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• • What is abominates
  • The definition of be able to
  • The interpretation of the word abominated
  • What is meant by out of favor
  • The lexical meaning quick to recover
  • The dictionary meaning of the word ostracized
  • The grammatical meaning of the word not accepted
  • Meaning of the word intense dislike
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word unknowledgeable
  • The origin of the word canaries
  • Synonym for the word canaveral
  • Antonyms for the word supple
  • Homonyms for the word canasta
  • Hyponyms for the word canberra
  • Holonyms for the word cancans
  • Hypernyms for the word cancan
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word cancun
  • Translation of the word in other languages candelabrum