DEFECTOR Synonyms

• a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution

• a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

• not faithful to religion or party or cause

• one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority

• a person who says one thing and does another

• a person who dissents from some established policy

• someone who escapes

• someone who flees from an uncongenial situation

• someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice

• lasting for a markedly brief time

• a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)

• `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms

• someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

• take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

• break with established customs

• someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw

• a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

• having deserted a cause or principle

• break with established customs

• an easy victory

• someone who flees from an uncongenial situation

• completely out of control

• one who is absent from school without permission

• someone who shirks duty

• absent without permission

• a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.