nark

The word “nark” has 1 syllable: nark

It's pronounced as /nɑrk/


What is synonym and antonym for nark?

In the thesaurus, “nark” has 210 synonyms and 30 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for nark along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for nark

  • Benedict Arnold
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • accuser
  • adviser
  • affront
  • agent
  • agent provocateur
  • aggravate
  • agitate
  • allurement
  • analyst
  • anger
  • announcer
  • annoy
  • antagonize
  • attraction
  • backstabber
  • badger
  • bait
  • ballyrag
  • beard
  • betrayer
  • bigmouth
  • bird dog
  • blab
  • blabber
  • blabbermouth
  • blind
  • bloodhound
  • booster
  • bother
  • bug
  • bull
  • bullyrag
  • busybody
  • camouflage
  • canary
  • catch
  • chafe
  • chicane
  • chicanery
  • collaborator
  • come-on
  • constable
  • cop
  • crier
  • deceiver
  • deception
  • decoy
  • deep throat
  • devil
  • dick
  • discomfort
  • discompose
  • disquiet
  • distress
  • double-crosser
  • drawing card
  • eat
  • eavesdropper
  • enflame
  • enrage
  • ensnarement
  • enticement
  • exasperate
  • exercise
  • eye
  • facade
  • fake
  • fat mouth
  • fed
  • finger
  • fink
  • flatfoot
  • fork tongue
  • fret
  • front
  • frost
  • gall
  • gasser
  • get
  • get to
  • gossip
  • gossiper
  • grate
  • gripe
  • gumshoe
  • hagride
  • harass
  • harry
  • hassle
  • heckle
  • herald
  • imitation
  • incense
  • inducement
  • inflame
  • informant
  • informer
  • infuriate
  • insult
  • interviewer
  • inveiglement
  • irk
  • irritate
  • itch
  • journalist
  • leaker
  • lure
  • madden
  • messenger
  • miff
  • nag
  • narc
  • nettle
  • newsman
  • notifier
  • offend
  • outrage
  • peacher
  • peeper
  • peeve
  • persecute
  • perturb
  • pester
  • pique
  • plague
  • plainclothes officer
  • plant
  • police informer
  • police officer
  • polly
  • preacher
  • pretense
  • private eye
  • private investigator
  • propagandist
  • prosecutor
  • provoke
  • put out
  • quidnunc
  • rankle
  • rasp
  • rat
  • rat fink
  • ratfink
  • reporter
  • rile
  • roil
  • roper
  • rouse
  • rub the wrong way
  • ruffle
  • rumormonger
  • scab
  • scandalmonger
  • scout
  • seducement
  • sergeant
  • shadow
  • shamus
  • shill
  • shoofly
  • singer
  • sitting duck
  • sleazemonger
  • sleuth
  • slewfoot
  • snake
  • snare
  • sneak
  • snitch
  • snitcher
  • snoop
  • snooper
  • songbird
  • source
  • spite
  • spy
  • squeaker
  • squealer
  • stool pigeon
  • stoolie
  • tabby
  • tail
  • talebearer
  • taleteller
  • tattler
  • tattletale
  • tease
  • telltale
  • temptation
  • tipster
  • traitor
  • trick
  • trickery
  • troublemaker
  • turncoat
  • undo
  • unhinge
  • unsettle
  • upset
  • vex
  • wear on
  • weasel
  • whistle-blower
  • whistleblower
  • whistler
  • windbag
  • worry

Antonyms for nark

  • appease
  • assure
  • cheer
  • comfort
  • conciliate
  • console
  • content
  • delight
  • discouragement
  • frankness
  • gladden
  • gratify
  • honesty
  • mollify
  • oblige
  • openness
  • original
  • pacify
  • placate
  • please
  • propitiate
  • quiet
  • reality
  • reassure
  • repulsion
  • satisfy
  • solace
  • soothe
  • truth
  • truthfulness

Meanings of nark

  • noun
    1. A police spy or informer.
    2. An unpleasant person, especially one who makes things difficult for others.
    3. A narcotics squad police officer.
    4. A narcissist.
    5. A police spy or informer.
    6. An unpleasant person, especially one who makes things difficult for others.
  • verb
    1. To watch; to observe.
    2. To serve or behave as a spy or informer.
    3. To annoy or irritate.
    4. To complain.
    5. (often imperative) To stop.

Example Sentences

  • The informant decided to nark on the illegal activities happening in the neighborhood.
  • He warned his friend not to nark on their plans to surprise the group.
  • The witness refused to nark on the suspect, fearing retaliation.
  • The teacher encouraged students to speak up about bullying but not to nark for trivial reasons.
  • The detective relied on the help of a trustworthy nark to gather information on the criminal gang.

On this page you'll find 240 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to nark, such as: Benedict Arnold, Sherlock Holmes, accuser, adviser, affront, agent, agent provocateur.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

nettle

  • affront
  • aggravate
  • agitate
  • anger
  • annoy
  • antagonize
  • badger
  • bait
  • ballyrag
  • bother
  • bug
  • bullyrag
  • chafe
  • devil
  • discomfort
  • discompose
  • disgust
  • disquiet
  • distress
  • disturb
  • eat
  • enflame
  • enrage
  • exasperate
  • exercise
  • fret
  • frost
  • gall
  • get
  • get to
  • goad
  • grate
  • gripe
  • hagride
  • harass
  • harry
  • hassle
  • heckle
  • huff
  • incense
  • inflame
  • infuriate
  • insult
  • irk
  • irritate
  • itch
  • madden
  • miff
  • nag
  • nark
  • offend
  • outrage
  • peeve
  • persecute
  • perturb
  • pester
  • pet
  • pique
  • plague
  • provoke
  • put out
  • rankle
  • rasp
  • rile
  • roil
  • rouse
  • rub the wrong way
  • ruffle
  • snit
  • spite
  • stew
  • sting
  • tease
  • tiff
  • undo
  • unhinge
  • unsettle
  • upset
  • vex
  • wear on
  • worry

rat fink

  • Neanderthal
  • agent provocateur
  • airhead
  • backstabber
  • barbarian
  • bastard
  • beast
  • betrayer
  • birdbrain
  • blabber
  • blabbermouth
  • bleeder
  • blighter
  • blockhead
  • booby
  • boor
  • bounder
  • brat
  • brute
  • bugger
  • buzzard
  • cad
  • canary
  • caveman
  • chuff
  • churl
  • clown
  • collaborator
  • creep
  • cretin
  • crud
  • crumb
  • cur
  • decoy
  • deep throat
  • dink
  • dirtbag
  • dog
  • dolt
  • doofus
  • dope
  • dork
  • double-crosser
  • dweeb
  • fink
  • fool
  • goon
  • gossip
  • gossiper
  • half-wit
  • heel
  • hound
  • idiot
  • imbecile
  • informant
  • informer
  • insolent
  • jackass
  • jerk
  • joker
  • leaker
  • loudmouth
  • louse
  • lout
  • lowlife
  • miscreant
  • moron
  • narc
  • nark
  • nerd
  • nincompoop
  • ninny
  • nit
  • nitwit
  • notifier
  • nuisance
  • nut
  • pest
  • pill
  • pitfall
  • plant
  • police informer
  • rascal
  • rat
  • reptile
  • rogue
  • rotter
  • roughneck
  • savage
  • scab
  • scamp
  • schmo
  • schmoe
  • schmuck
  • scoundrel
  • scum
  • scumbag
  • scuzzball
  • shill
  • skunk
  • sleaze
  • sleazebag
  • sleazeball
  • slime
  • slimeball
  • slob
  • snake
  • sneak
  • snip
  • snitch
  • snitcher
  • snob
  • snoop
  • snooper
  • snoot
  • snot
  • so-and-so
  • sod
  • son of a gun
  • source
  • spy
  • squealer
  • stinkard
  • stinker
  • stool pigeon
  • stoolie
  • swine
  • talebearer
  • tattler
  • tattletale
  • telltale
  • tipster
  • toad
  • trap
  • turkey
  • turncoat
  • varmint
  • vermin
  • villain
  • viper
  • vulgarian
  • weasel
  • whistle-blower
  • wretch

backstabber

  • Benedict Arnold
  • Brutus
  • Judas
  • accommodationist
  • accomplice
  • apostate
  • betrayer
  • blabbermouth
  • caballer
  • canary
  • coconspirator
  • collaborationist
  • collaborator
  • colluder
  • conspirator
  • creep
  • deceiver
  • deep throat
  • defector
  • deserter
  • double agent
  • double-crosser
  • double-dealer
  • fink
  • gossip
  • gossiper
  • gossipmonger
  • highbinder
  • informant
  • informer
  • intriguer
  • narc
  • nark
  • pitfall
  • plotter
  • quisling
  • rat
  • rat fink
  • recreant
  • renegade
  • rumormonger
  • schemer
  • sellout
  • serpent
  • skunk
  • snake
  • snake in the grass
  • sneak
  • snitch
  • snitcher
  • source
  • spy
  • squealer
  • stool pigeon
  • stoolie
  • subversive
  • subverter
  • talebearer
  • talker
  • tattler
  • tattletale
  • telltale
  • traitor
  • trap
  • treasonist
  • turncoat
  • two-timer
  • villain
  • viper
  • weasel
  • whistle-blower

satiric

  • abrupt
  • acerb
  • acerbic
  • acid
  • acidic
  • acidulous
  • acrid
  • acrimonious
  • arrogant
  • austere
  • backhanded
  • barbed
  • biting
  • bitter
  • blunt
  • brisk
  • brusk
  • brusque
  • captious
  • carping
  • caustic
  • chaffing
  • concise
  • contemptuous
  • contumelious
  • corrosive
  • crisp
  • cross
  • curt
  • cussed
  • cutting
  • cynical
  • derisive
  • disillusioned
  • disparaging
  • disrespectful
  • dry
  • evil
  • facetious
  • flippant
  • gruff
  • harsh
  • hostile
  • incisive
  • insincere
  • irascible
  • ironic
  • ironical
  • jeering
  • keen
  • mean
  • mocking
  • mordant
  • needling
  • offensive
  • ornery
  • pithy
  • poignant
  • pungent
  • resentful
  • rough
  • salty
  • sarcastic
  • sardonic
  • satirical
  • saucy
  • scalding
  • scathing
  • scoffing
  • scorching
  • scornful
  • scurrilous
  • severe
  • sharp
  • sharp-tongued
  • smart-aleck
  • smart-alecky
  • smart-mouthed
  • snarky
  • snarling
  • sneering
  • snippety
  • snippy
  • sour
  • sourish
  • spikey
  • spiky
  • stringent
  • succinct
  • tart
  • tartish
  • taunting
  • terse
  • tongue-in-cheek
  • trenchant
  • twitting
  • vitriolic
  • weisenheiming
  • wry

rasps

  • abrades
  • affronts
  • aggravates
  • agitates
  • angers
  • annoys
  • antagonizes
  • badgers
  • baits
  • ballyrags
  • bites
  • blasts
  • bleats
  • bothers
  • brays
  • breaks down
  • breaks up
  • buffs
  • bugs
  • bullyrags
  • burnishes
  • chafes
  • chews
  • clangors
  • clangs
  • clanks
  • clashes
  • corrades
  • corrodes
  • creaks
  • croaks
  • decomposes
  • devils
  • discomforts
  • discomposes
  • disintegrates
  • disquiets
  • dissolves
  • distresses
  • dresses
  • eats
  • edges
  • enflames
  • enrages
  • erases
  • erodes
  • exasperates
  • exercises
  • files
  • frays
  • frazzles
  • frets
  • frosts
  • galls
  • gargles
  • gets
  • gets to
  • glosses
  • gnaws
  • grates
  • grazes
  • grinds
  • gripes
  • groans
  • hagrides
  • harasses
  • harries
  • hassles
  • heckles
  • hones
  • incenses
  • inflames
  • infuriates
  • insults
  • irks
  • irritates
  • itches
  • jangles
  • jars
  • maddens
  • miffs
  • nags
  • narks
  • nettles
  • nibbles
  • offends
  • outrages
  • peeves
  • persecutes
  • perturbs
  • pesters
  • piques
  • plagues
  • planes
  • polishes
  • provokes
  • puts out
  • rankles
  • reduces
  • regrinds
  • riles
  • roils
  • rouses
  • rubs
  • rubs out
  • rubs the wrong way
  • ruffles
  • sandblasts
  • sandpapers
  • sands
  • scours
  • scrapes
  • scratches
  • screeches
  • scuffs
  • sharpens
  • shaves
  • shines
  • smoothes
  • smooths
  • spites
  • strops
  • teases
  • undoes
  • unhinges
  • unsettles
  • upsets
  • vexes
  • wears
  • wears on
  • wears out
  • whets
  • whines
  • worries

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