Nearby Words
double-crosser
| Main Entry: |
double-crosser
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | betrayer |
| Synonyms: | Judas, apostate, deceiver, fink, rat, recreant, snitch, traitor, turncoat |
| Main Entry: | informant/informer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who delivers news |
| Synonyms: | accuser, adviser, announcer, betrayer, blabbermouth, canary, crier, deep throat, double-crosser, herald, interviewer, journalist, messenger, newscaster/newsperson, notifier, preacher, propagandist, rat, reporter, sneak, source, stool pigeon, tattler, tattletale |
| 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: | renegade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is rebellious |
| Synonyms: | abandoner, apostate, backslider, betrayer, defector, deserter, dissident, double-crosser, escapee, exile, forsaker, fugitive, heretic, iconoclast, insurgent, mutineer, outlaw, rebel, recreant, refugee, runaway, schismatic, snake in the grass, snake*, tergiversator, traitor, turnabout, turncoat |
| Antonyms: | adherent, follower, passivist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | snitch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | informer |
| Synonyms: | betrayer, blabbermouth, canary, deep throat, double-crosser, fink, informant, narc, nark, rat, sneak, snitcher, source, squealer, stool pigeon, stoolie, tattler, tattletale, tipster, turncoat, weasel, whistle-blower |
| Main Entry: | stool pigeon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | informer to police |
| Synonyms: | agent provocateur, betrayer, blabbermouth, canary, decoy, deep throat, double-crosser, fink, fink, informant, informer, narc, narc, nark, nark, plant, police informer, rat, rat fink, rat, shill, sneak, snitch, snitcher, source, spy, squealer, squealer, stoolie, stoolie, tattler, tattletale, tipster, turncoat, weasel, 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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