/ Thesaurus / C Synonyms of canaries Find synonyms for: Noun1. Canary Islands, Canariesusage: a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provincesNoun1. Canary Islands, Canariesusage: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police2. fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool pigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary, informer, betrayer, rat, squealer, blabberusage: a female singer3. canary, singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliserusage: a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge4. canary yellow, canary, yellow, yellownessusage: any of several small Old World finchesWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: profiterole Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language