SUPERGRASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does supergrass mean? 

• SUPERGRASS (noun)
  The noun SUPERGRASS has 1 sense:

1. a police informer who implicates many people

  Familiarity information: SUPERGRASS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERGRASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A police informer who implicates many people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

grass; supergrass

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

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

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)