Synonyms for betray
bɪˈtreɪbe·tray

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1. betray

   Synonyms:
   admit, advertise, avow, confess, disclose, discover, disinter, divulge, exhibit, exhume, expose, lay bare, lay open, make known, reveal, manifest, promulgate, publish, raise, show, tell, uncover, unmask, unveil

   Antonyms:
   bury, cloak, conceal, cover, disguise, dissemble, entomb, hide, inter, mask, overwhelm, screen, secrete, suppress, veil

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1. betray

   Synonyms:
   deceive, delude, dupe, circumvent, ensnare, dishonor, manifest, indicate, reveal

   Antonyms:
   protect, preserve, guard, conserve, foster, cherish, fence, conceal, cover, suppress

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1. betray, bewrayverb

   reveal unintentionally

   "Her smile betrayed her true feelings"

   Synonyms:
   cuckold, cheat on, sell, bewray, deceive, give away, shit, stag, lead astray, shop, cheat, wander, rat, snitch, denounce, tell on, grass, fail

2. betray, sellverb

   deliver to an enemy by treachery

   "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country"

   Synonyms:
   cuckold, cheat on, sell, bewray, deceive, give away, shit, stag, lead astray, trade, shop, cheat, wander, rat, snitch, denounce, tell on, grass, fail, deal

3. fail, betrayverb

   disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake

   "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis"

   Synonyms:
   bomb, stag, conk out, deceive, fail, flunk, miscarry, sell, go bad, bewray, snitch, give way, flush it, lead astray, cheat, shit, give away, grass, neglect, break, wander, give out, shop, go, go wrong, die, run out, break down, denounce, cuckold, tell on, cheat on, rat

4. cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wanderverb

   be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

   "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"

   Synonyms:
   roll, vagabond, shaft, stag, wind, meander, ramble, thread, chicane, screw, deceive, range, fail, stray, sell, bewray, chouse, snitch, lead astray, roam, cheat, shit, give away, grass, wander, rip off, shop, chisel, cast, divagate, weave, digress, jockey, swan, tramp, rove, denounce, cuckold, drift, tell on, cheat on, rat

5. denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stagverb

   give away information about somebody

   "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"

   Synonyms:
   thieve, cop, hook, buy at, stag, let on, mark, stool, reveal, spy, disclose, deceive, expose, defecate, fail, take a shit, frequent, sell, browse, bewray, snoop, snitch, make, brand, fink, lead astray, ca-ca, cheat, shit, give away, grass, break, wander, sleuth, sponsor, crap, shop, glom, grass over, divulge, stigmatize, patronise, shop at, stigmatise, knock off, blackleg, bring out, take a crap, denounce, cuckold, unwrap, patronize, tell on, cheat on, discover, scab, rat, let out

6. deceive, betray, lead astrayverb

   cause someone to believe an untruth

   "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"

   Synonyms:
   cuckold, cheat on, lead astray, misguide, grass, bewray, deceive, delude, give away, lead on, shit, stag, shop, cozen, mislead, misdirect, wander, rat, cheat, denounce, tell on, snitch, sell, fail, lead off

Matched Categories

1. • Deceive
   • Disclose
   • Let Down

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1. betrayverb

   Synonyms:
   deliver up (by breach of trust), give up treacherously

2. betrayverb

   Synonyms:
   violate the confidence of, disclose the secrets of, deceive by treachery

3. betrayverb

   Synonyms:
   discover, divulge, reveal, tell, blab, show, make known

4. betrayverb

   Synonyms:
   mislead, lure, insnare, entrap, inveigle

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1. betrayverb

   Synonyms:
   seduce, mislead, delude, beguile, inveigle, reveal, disclose, give up treacherously, give over to the enemy, act the traitor, be false to

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1. List of paraphrases for "betray":

   betrayal, disappoint

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1. Alexander Hamilton:

   If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no recourse left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defense...

2. E. M. Forster:

   If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.

3. Assyrian Proverb:

   I need not fear my enemies because the most they can do is attack me. I need not fear my friends because the most they can do is betray me. But I have much to fear from people who are indifferent.

4. J. R. R. Tolkien, Mandos, The Silmarillion, Of the Flight of the Noldor:

   Their Oath shall drive them, and yet betray them, and ever snatch away the very treasures that they have sworn to pursue.

5. Lt. Col. (Ret.) Ralph Peters, Interview in American Heritage:

   The shah always falls in the end, Saddam always turns on you, and the Saudis always betray you. If we support evil, the long-term price is almost always too high.