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Synonyms for betray
bɪˈtreɪbe·tray
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, unveilAntonyms:
bury, cloak, conceal, cover, disguise, dissemble, entomb, hide, inter, mask, overwhelm, screen, secrete, suppress, veil
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Princeton's WordNet
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, failbetray, 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, dealfail, 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, ratcheat 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, ratdenounce, 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 outdeceive, 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
Dictionary of English Synonymes
betrayverb
Synonyms:
deliver up (by breach of trust), give up treacherouslybetrayverb
Synonyms:
violate the confidence of, disclose the secrets of, deceive by treacherybetrayverb
Synonyms:
discover, divulge, reveal, tell, blab, show, make knownbetrayverb
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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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How to use betray in a sentence?
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...
They are going to undo that Pandora's box and they don't know what is going to come out, betray them and then say we are going to have another election or another vote? People will just not bother. It will cause problems for the next twenty years.
One cannot demand of a scholar that he show himself a scholar everywhere in society, but the whole tenor of his behavior must none the less betray the thinker, he must always be instructive, his way of judging a thing must even in the smallest matters be such that people can see what it will amount to when, quietly and self-collected, he puts this power to scholarly use.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.Zelensky:
The world has seen that Ukrainians are powerful, Ukrainians are courageous, they're on their native land, and they're never going to give it up to anyone. They will never betray it.
This land is holy, no one shall dare to betray. We will fight to preserve the nation, religion and the King.
Translations for betray
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- خانَArabic
- здра́дзіць, здра́джвацьBelarusian
- измамвам, изневерявам, разкривам, предава́мBulgarian
- trairCatalan, Valencian
- zraditCzech
- forrådeDanish
- verratenGerman
- προδίδωGreek
- traicionarSpanish
- reetmaEstonian
- خیانت کردنPersian
- vietellä, pettää, kavaltaa, paljastaaFinnish
- trahirFrench
- בגדHebrew
- hallgatásHungarian
- դավաճանելArmenian
- svíkjaIcelandic
- rivelare, consegnare, tradireItalian
- 裏切る, 売る, 反逆Japanese
- 배반하다, 배신하다Korean
- prodo, trādōLatin
- išduotiLithuanian
- предаваMacedonian
- forrådeNorwegian
- onthullen, verraden, verspreken, bedriegenDutch
- zdradzić, wydaćPolish
- trair, revelarPortuguese
- afla, trăda, a îndruma greșit, descoperi, a induce în eroareRomanian
- преда́ть, выдава́ть, вы́дать, предава́тьRussian
- pronaći, zalutati, izdajnički, odati, zavesti, izdajstvo, ѝздати, obelodaniti, ìzdatiSerbo-Croatian
- zradiťSlovak
- izdatiSlovene
- bedra, bedraga, förråda, vilseledaSwedish
- ele vermek, ihanet etmekTurkish
- зра́джувати, зра́дитиUkrainian
- دھوکہ دیناUrdu
- phản bội, bội phảnVietnamese
- 背叛Chinese
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