Need another word that means the same as “traitorous”? Find 6 synonyms and 30 related words for “traitorous” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Traitorous” are: faithless, treasonable, treasonous, unfaithful, treacherous, disloyal
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “traitorous” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| disloyal | Deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle. She was accused of being disloyal to the government. |
| faithless | Having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor. They were ungodly and faithless. |
| treacherous | Tending to betray especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans. The fiercest and most treacherous of foes. |
| treasonable | Having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor. There was no evidence of treasonable activity. |
| treasonous | Involving or guilty of the betrayal of someone or something. He was accused of a treasonous conspiracy to topple the government. |
| unfaithful | Having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor. Her unfaithful husband. |
| apostate | Not faithful to religion or party or cause. An apostate Roman Catholic. |
| betray | Be sexually unfaithful to one’s partner in marriage. A double agent who betrayed some 400 British and French agents to the Germans. |
| betrayal | An act of deliberate betrayal. The betrayal by the king by his daughter. |
| betrayer | A person who says one thing and does another. |
| cheat | An act of cheating a fraud or deception. She cheated death in a spectacular crash. |
| cheating | Violating accepted standards or rules. |
| deceit | A misleading falsehood. Hypocrisy and deceit were anathema to her. |
| deceive | Cause someone to believe an untruth. The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house. |
| defector | A person who has abandoned their country or cause in favour of an opposing one. Staff interviewed escapees and defectors to the West. |
| disloyal | Failing to be loyal to a person, country, or organization to which one has obligations. Disloyal mutterings about his leadership. |
| duplicity | Deceitfulness. The president was accused of duplicity in his dealings with Congress. |
| faithless | Disloyal, especially to a spouse or partner. Her faithless lover. |
| fraudulence | A fraudulent or duplicitous representation. |
| infidelity | The action or state of being unfaithful to a spouse or other sexual partner. Her infidelity continued after her marriage. |
| insurgent | A member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment. Alleged links with insurgent groups. |
| perfidious | Deceitful and untrustworthy. The perfidious Judas. |
| perfidy | The state of being deceitful and untrustworthy. Hapsburg perfidy. |
| quisling | A traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country. He had the Quisling owner of the factory arrested. |
| rebel | Take part in a rebellion renounce a former allegiance. Respect did not prevent children from rebelling against their parents. |
| rebellious | Resisting control or authority. I became very rebellious and opted out. |
| renegade | Become a renegade. Renegade supporters of the usurper. |
| seditious | Arousing to action or rebellion. The letter was declared seditious. |
| traitor | Someone who betrays his country by committing treason. He was a traitor to his own class. |
| treacherous | Tending to betray especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans. The fiercest and most treacherous of foes. |
| treachery | Betrayal of trust. The treachery of language. |
| treason | Disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior. Doubt is the ultimate treason against faith. |
| treasonable | (of an offence or offender) punishable as treason or as committing treason. There was no evidence of treasonable activity. |
| trick | A mischievous practical joke. Many people have been tricked by villains with false identity cards. |
| turncoat | A person who deserts one party or cause in order to join an opposing one. They denounced him as a turncoat. |
| unfaithful | Engaging in sexual relations with a person other than one’s regular partner in contravention of a previous promise or understanding. You haven t been unfaithful to him have you. |
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