Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pack_rat

2 senses of pack rat

Sense 1
magpie, scavenger, pack rat -- (someone who collects things that have been discarded by others)
       => hoarder -- (a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use)

Sense 2
packrat, pack rat, trade rat, bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea -- (any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects)
       => wood rat, wood-rat -- (any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks))


1 of 2 senses of packrat

Sense 1
packrat -- (a collector of miscellaneous useless objects)
       => collector, aggregator -- (a person who collects things)