Thesaurus:betrayer
English
Noun
Sense: someone who breaks trust or faith
Synonyms
- backstabber
- betrayer
- double-crosser
- quisling
- rat
- ratter
- recreant
- renegade
- serpent
- snake [⇒ thesaurus]
- snake in the grass
- swike (dialect, obsolete)
- traitor
- treacher (archaic)
- treacherer (archaic, uncommon)
- treasonist
- turntippet (obsolete)
- withersake (archaic)
- wolf in sheep's clothing
Archetypes
- Benedict Arnold (US)
- Judas
- Quisling
Antonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Various
See also
Further reading
- “941. knave” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “742. disobedience” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “betrayer” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.