Synonyms for traitor
ˈtreɪ tərtraitor

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1. traitor

   Synonyms:
   adversary, antagonist, betrayer, deserter, enemy, hater, opponent, renegade

   Antonyms:
   adherent, aid, aider, ally, backer, disciple, follower, partisan, supporter

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1. traitor

   Synonyms:
   rebel, renegade, betrayer, turncoat

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1. traitor, treasonistnoun

   someone who betrays his country by committing treason

   Synonyms:
   treasonist, double-dealer, two-timer, betrayer, double-crosser

2. double-crosser, double-dealer, two-timer, betrayer, traitornoun

   a person who says one thing and does another

   Synonyms:
   betrayer, double-crosser, blabber, double-dealer, squealer, two-timer, rat, informer, treasonist

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1. • Criminal
   • Deceiver

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1. oathbreaker

   oathbreaker, one who breaks a sworn oath

   Submitted by rinat on September 10, 2019  

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1. traitornoun

   Synonyms:
   betrayer (especially of one's country), deceiver, renegade, apostate, rebel, insurgent, revolter, deserter, perfidious person

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1. List of paraphrases for "traitor":

   betrayer, treacherous, backstabber, cheater, traitorous, azamat, trickster, judas, villain, scab, snitch, mole

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How to use traitor in a sentence?

1. Elizabeth Bowen:

   The heart may think it knows better the senses know that absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. The friend becomes a traitor by breaking, however unwillingly or sadly, out of our own zone a hard judgment is passed on him, for all the pleas of the heart.

2. Jeb Bush:

   He's not a patriot; he's a traitor to our country.

3. Nic Cheeseman:

   As soon as a government decides we are in a crisis and need unity, they can cut the ground under journalists whose job it is to get to the truth because they risk becoming the traitor who is driving the disunity.

4. Julieta Garibay:

   He's very much an immigrant traitor, he plays this card of, 'I have an immigrant background and I'm proud of my parents,' but yet he puts out this legislation that would definitely negatively impact folks coming from Cuba.

5. Geylani Alpay:

   The president uses very divisive language. Anyone who doesn't support him is painted as a traitor.