water rat

1. 1.

   a person who enjoys being in or on the water

   Synonymswater dog

   Broadersailor
2. 2.

   common large Eurasian vole

   Synonymswater voleArvicola amphibius

   Broadervole

   Part ofArvicola
3. 3.

   any of various amphibious rats

   Broaderrodent

   Narrowerbeaver rat

Questions about water rat

What does water rat mean?

water rat means "a person who enjoys being in or on the water". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for water rat?

Close synonyms include water dog, water vole, Arvicola amphibius. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is water rat a common word?

water rat is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.