TRAITOR Synonyms
There are 11 hypernyms of the word traitor. (close relations)
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betrayer | nounn | |||||||
noun • one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority • a person who says one thing and does another | ||||||||
double-crosser | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who says one thing and does another | ||||||||
treasonist | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who betrays his country by committing treason | ||||||||
collaborator | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who assists in a plot • someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force • an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest | ||||||||
deceiver | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | ||||||||
defector | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) | ||||||||
infiltrator | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who takes up a position surreptitiously for the purpose of espionage • an intruder (as troops) with hostile intent | ||||||||
informer | nounn | |||||||
noun • one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority | ||||||||
quisling | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force | ||||||||
renegade | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw • a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. adjective satellite • having deserted a cause or principle verb • break with established customs | ||||||||
turncoat | nounn | |||||||
noun • a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. | ||||||||
backstabber | nounn | |||||||
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fifth columnist | nounn | |||||||
noun • a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader | ||||||||
fink | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police verb • take the place of work of someone on strike • confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure | ||||||||
double-dealer | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who says one thing and does another | ||||||||
two-timer | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who deceives a lover or spouse by carrying on a sexual relationship with somebody else • a person who says one thing and does another |