CANARY

Pronunciation (US):

• CANARY (noun)
  The noun CANARY has 4 senses:

1. someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
2. a female singer
3. a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge
4. any of several small Old World finches

  Familiarity information: CANARY used as a noun is uncommon.

• CANARY (adjective)
  The adjective CANARY has 1 sense:

1. having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow

  Familiarity information: CANARY used as an adjective is very rare.

• CANARY (noun)

Meaning:

Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

snitch; stoolie; stoolpigeon; fink; canary; stool pigeon; snitcher; sneaker; sneak

Hypernyms ("canary" is a kind of...):

betrayer; blabber; informer; rat; squealer (one who reveals confidential information in return for money)

Meaning:

A female singer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("canary" is a kind of...):

singer; vocaliser; vocalist; vocalizer (a person who sings)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Meaning:

A moderate yellow with a greenish tinge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

canary yellow; canary

Hypernyms ("canary" is a kind of...):

yellow; yellowness (yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons)

Meaning:

Any of several small Old World finches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

canary bird; canary

Hypernyms ("canary" is a kind of...):

finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "canary"):

common canary; Serinus canaria (native to the Canary Islands and Azores; popular usually yellow cage bird noted for its song)

Holonyms ("canary" is a member of...):

genus Serinus; Serinus (Old World finches; e.g. canaries and serins)

• CANARY (adjective)

Meaning:

Having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow

Synonyms:

canary; canary-yellow

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)