Home › Words › W › whinchatwhinchatwhinchat · noun — A small Old World songbird, Saxicola rubetra, that feeds on insects.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom whin + chat (“type of songbird”).nounA small Old World songbird, Saxicola rubetra, that feeds on insects.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.furzechat 80% match — The whinchat (Saxicola rubetra). vs whinchat →stonechat 74% match — Any of various small Old World passerine birds of the genus Saxicola that feed on insects. vs whinchat →fallowchat 68% match — A bird, the wheatear or stonechat. vs whinchat →wheatear 65% match — Any of various passerine birds of the genus Oenanthe that feed on insects, vs whinchat →bushchat 65% match — Any of a number of small insect-eating birds in the muscicapid genus Saxicola. vs whinchat →fallowfinch 64% match — A bird, the wheatear or stonechat. vs whinchat →whineling 61% match — Whiny; plaintive. vs whinchat →titterel 61% match — A bird, the whimbrel. vs whinchat →