weasels
Ferrets' wild cousins
Weasels are small carnivorous mammals with long slender bodies, short legs, and keen hunting instincts.
They're known for pursuing prey into burrows and killing animals larger than themselves.
The singular weasel also describes a sneaky, untrustworthy person.
To weasel is to evade or escape through cunning: He weaseled out of his commitment.
Weasel words are deliberately vague expressions used to avoid saying something directly.
Domesticated weasel kept as pet
- stoatColor-changing weasel kin
- ermineWeasel prized for pelage
- minkFur-bearing aquatic weasel
- polecatMusky weasel relative
mustelid · marten · fisher · burrow · den · slender · agile · fur
Cleverly deceptive
- sneakyStealthily deceptive
- schemerCrafty, deceitful planner
- tricksterCunning deceiver in myth
- conniverOne who schemes secretly
manipulator · deceiver · charlatan · swindler · cheat · liar · sneak · backstabber
ferret
Domesticated weasel kept as pet
polecat · mustelid · marten · fisher · burrow · den · slender · agile · fur · whiskers
sly
Cleverly deceptive
conniver · manipulator · deceiver · charlatan · swindler · cheat · liar · sneak · backstabber · double-dealer
equivocate
Speak vaguely to mislead
loophole · wiggle · squirm · evade · sidestep · deflect · noncommittal · vague · mealy-mouthed · waffle
weaselsbadgers
Striped burrowing mustelids
wolverines · bears · bulldogs · tortoises · hippos
- weasel outEvade through cunning
- weasel wordsDeliberately vague qualifiers
- weasel wordingDeceptively imprecise language
- weasel clauseDeliberately vague contract language
- weasel familyCarnivorous mammals including badgers
- weasel wordedDeceptively noncommittal phrasing
weasel, weaseled, weaseling, weaselly, weasely, weaselled, weaselling, weasel-like