cheese-eater
One who squeals
A cheese-eater is slang for an informer or snitch—someone who rats out others to authorities.
The term carries strong contempt, suggesting betrayal for personal gain or leniency: Nobody trusts a cheese-eater.
The image evokes a rat eating cheese, reinforcing the "rat" metaphor for informants.
One who tells authorities
- ratRodent or informer
- squealerOne who betrays secrets
- tattletaleOne who informs on others
- stoolieInformal police informant
nark · whistleblower · tipster · informer · source · blabbermouth · canary · fink
Small gnawing mammal
- ratRodent or informer
- hamsterSmall burrowing pet rodent
- gerbilSmall burrowing pet rodent
- guinea pigSmall rodent, pet or test subject
squirrel · chipmunk · vole · chinchilla · capybara · marmot · dormouse · field mouse
snitch
One who tells authorities
- ratRodent or informer
- squealerOne who betrays secrets
- tattletaleOne who informs on others
stoolie · nark · whistleblower · tipster · informer · source · blabbermouth · canary · fink · mole
mouse
Small gnawing mammal
guinea pig · squirrel · chipmunk · vole · chinchilla · capybara · marmot · dormouse · field mouse · house mouse
French
Of or from Paris's nation
Frenchman · frog · insult · slur · stereotype · mockery · Gallic · Parisian
cheese-eaterloyal friend
Devoted, reliable companion
stand-up guy · ride-or-die · solid · true blue · standup
cheese-eaterrebel
Authority defier
dissident · anti-authoritarian · independent · maverick · nonconformist
cheese-eaterstandup
Solo comedic performance
team player · one of us · insider · trusty · true friend
cheese, eater, cheeses, cheesy, cheesier, cheesiest, cheesiness, eats, eaten