nark

14 synonyms for nark, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Noun — (informal) Someone who secretly gives information to the police.

Synonyms

Everyday swaps

Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.

asshole

Less common

Still standard English, but they carry more weight.

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Rare, literary or technical

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Synonyms by Meaning

1. noun

(informal) Someone who secretly gives information to the police.

“When we got to the Chief of Police's office a crowd of the most dreadful-looking scoundrels, obviously police narks, informers, and spies of every kind, were hanging about outside the door.”

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2. noun

(informal) A person who is annoying or causes trouble for others.

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Etymology

Uncertain. It may come from Angloromani nok ("nose"), from Romani nakh, from Sauraseni Prakrit ???? (ṇakka), which would make it ultimately a doublet of nose.

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