- snake
- n1. serpent, viper, pit viper, ophidian, sea snake, Archaic. dragon, cockatrice.2. snake in the grass, traitor, quisling, turncoat, renegade, Benedict Arnold; double-dealer, Inf. double-crosser, betrayer, Judas; fifth-columnist, informer, subversive, double agent; spy, company spy, Sl. fink, Sl. weasel, Sl. stool; pigeon, Sl. stoolie; swindler, Sl. con artist, Sl. con man, Inf. flimflammer; seducer, perverter, wolf in sheep's clothing, beguiler; intriguer, Machiavelli, Rasputin, Sl. string-puller, power behind the throne, maneuverer, contriver, schemer, plotter.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.