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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1. Douglas Bradburn:

   By any measure, Lee is not comparable to the transformational leadership of Washington, by any scale Lee is a lightweight and a traitor to the things that mattered most to Washington.

2. Rachel Vindman:

   It was the most gut-wrenching feeling. I never expected it. So it was just a suckerpunch to see someone accuse The Vindmans of being a traitor.

3. Peter Stager:

   Everybody in there is a treasonous traitor, death is the only remedy for what's in that building.

4. Frank Guridy:

   The sanitizing of Ali's image in recent years has led many to forget that he was reviled by many during the 1960s for his conversion to Islam and for his refusal to be inducted into the U.S. armed forces, he was seen as a traitor to the United States of America.

5. John Selden:

   Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.