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backstabbers
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | schemer |
| Synonyms: | accomplice, backstabber, betrayer, caballer, collaborator, colluder, highbinder, plotter, subversive, traitor |
| Main Entry: | quisling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | traitor |
| Synonyms: | Judas, back-stabber, betrayer, collaborator, colluder, defector, deserter, double-crosser, double-dealer, snake in the grass, sympathizer, turncoat, two-timer |
| Main Entry: | rat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | informer |
| Synonyms: | backstabber, betrayer, blabbermouth, canary, deep throat, double-crosser, fink, informant, sneak, snitch, source, squealer, stool pigeon, stoolie, tattler, tattletale, turncoat, whistle-blower |
| Main Entry: | traitor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is disloyal |
| Synonyms: | Benedict Arnold, Judas, apostate, back-stabber, backslider, betrayer, conspirator, deceiver, defector, deserter, double-crosser, fink, hypocrite, impostor, informer, intriguer, miscreant, quisling, rebel, renegade, snake*, sneak*, snitch, snitcher, spy, squealer, stool pigeon, tattletale, traducer, treasonist, turncoat, two-timer, whistle-blower, wolf* |
| Antonyms: | loyalist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | turncoat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | traitor |
| Synonyms: | Benedict Arnold, Judas, apostate, back-stabber, betrayer, conspirator, deceiver, defector, deserter, double-crosser, fink, informer, quisling, rat, rebel, renegade, snake*, sneak*, snitch, spy, squealer, stool pigeon, tattletale, tergiversator, treasonist, two-timer, whistle-blower |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | betrayer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | informer |
| Synonyms: | Benedict Arnold, backstabber, deceiver, double-crosser, fink, narc, nark, rat, snitch, spy, stool pigeon, traitor, turncoat, weasel |
| Main Entry: | Benedict Arnold |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | traitor |
| Synonyms: | Brutus, Judas, backstabber, betrayer, defector, deserter, double agent, double-crosser, fink, informer, quisling, snake in the grass, snitch, spy, stool pigeon, treasonist, turncoat |
| Main Entry: | snake in the grass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scoundrel |
| Synonyms: | Pandora's box, backstabber, creep, pitfall, rat, rat fink, skunk, snake, sneak, trap, villain, viper, weasel |
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