DISLOYAL: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DISLOYAL?

Need another word that means the same as “disloyal”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “disloyal” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Disloyal” are: unpatriotic, unfaithful, faithless, false, untrue, inconstant, untrustworthy, traitorous, perfidious, duplicitous, deceitful, double-dealing, two-faced, janus-faced, unreliable, undependable, fickle

Disloyal as an Adjective

Definitions of "Disloyal" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “disloyal” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle.
• Failing to be loyal to a person, country, or organization to which one has obligations.
• Showing lack of love for your country.
• (of a remark or thought) demonstrating a lack of loyalty.

Synonyms of "Disloyal" as an adjective (17 Words)

deceitful	Intended to deceive. Such an act would have been deceitful and irresponsible.
double-dealing	Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another- Israel Zangwill.
duplicitous	Deceitful. A duplicitous philanderer.
faithless	Disloyal, especially to a spouse or partner. Her faithless lover.
false	Used in names of plants animals and gems that superficially resemble the thing properly so called e g false oat. False pretenses.
fickle	Liable to sudden unpredictable change. Fickle friends.
inconstant	Likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable. An inconstant lover.
janus-faced	Having or concerned with polarities or contrasts.
perfidious	Tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans. The perfidious Judas.
traitorous	Relating to or characteristic of a traitor; treacherous. When his traitorous actions were discovered he was imprisoned.
two-faced	Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another- Israel Zangwill.
undependable	Not trustworthy and reliable. An undependable generalization.
unfaithful	Not trustworthy. An unfaithful lover.
unpatriotic	Showing lack of love for your country.
unreliable	Not able to be relied upon. He s lazy and unreliable.
untrue	Not true to an obligation or trust. Is untrue to his highest opportunity and duty.
untrustworthy	Not worthy of trust or belief. Thomas considered her to be devious and untrustworthy.

Usage Examples of "Disloyal" as an adjective

• Disloyal aides revealed his indiscretions to the papers.
• Disloyal mutterings about his leadership.
• She was accused of being disloyal to the government.

Associations of "Disloyal" (30 Words)

apostate	Not faithful to religion or party or cause. After fifty years as an apostate he returned to the faith.
betray	Give away information about somebody. Many of those employed by diplomats betrayed secrets.
betrayal	An act of deliberate betrayal. These developments represented a betrayal of democracy.
betrayer	One who reveals confidential information in return for money.
cheat	An act of cheating a fraud or deception. She always cheats at cards.
cheating	A deception for profit to yourself.
deceive	(of a thing) give (someone) a mistaken impression. The area may seem to offer nothing of interest but don t be deceived.
defector	A person who abandons their duty (as on a military post. Staff interviewed escapees and defectors to the West.
faithless	Disloyal, especially to a spouse or partner. The faithless Benedict Arnold.
infidelity	Disbelief in a particular religion, especially Christianity. Her infidelity continued after her marriage.
insurgent	Relating to rebels. A series of insurgent attacks.
mutinous	Disposed to or in a state of mutiny. A mutinous speech.
perfidious	Tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans. The perfidious Judas.
perfidy	The state of being deceitful and untrustworthy. Hapsburg perfidy.
quisling	Someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force. He had the Quisling owner of the factory arrested.
rebel	A person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority especially in the hope of improving conditions. Tory rebels.
rebellious	Participating in organized resistance to a constituted government. Temperamentally rebellious.
renegade	Become a renegade. Renegade supporters of the usurper.
revolt	Take violent action against an established government or ruler; rebel. Voters may revolt when they realize the cost of the measures.
revolutionary	Engaged in or promoting political revolution. A revolutionary new drug.
seditious	In opposition to a civil authority or government. The letter was declared seditious.
subversive	A subversive person. Subversive literature.
traitor	A person who betrays someone or something, such as a friend, cause, or principle. He was a traitor to his own class.
traitorous	Having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor. A lying traitorous insurrectionist.
treacherous	Tending to betray especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans. A holidaymaker was swept away by treacherous currents.
treachery	Betrayal of a trust. The treachery of language.
treason	The crime of betraying one’s country, especially by attempting to kill or overthrow the sovereign or government. They were convicted of treason.
treasonable	(of an offence or offender) punishable as treason or as committing treason. There was no evidence of treasonable activity.
turncoat	A person who deserts one party or cause in order to join an opposing one. They denounced him as a turncoat.
unfaithful	Not true to duty or obligation or promises. Her husband was unfaithful.