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

Need another word that means the same as “treason”? Find 7 synonyms and 30 related words for “treason” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Treason” are: betrayal, perfidy, treachery, high treason, lese majesty, subversiveness, traitorousness

Treason as a Noun

Definitions of "Treason" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “treason” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The crime of murdering someone to whom the murderer owed allegiance, such as a master or husband.
• An act of deliberate betrayal.
• The action of betraying someone or something.
• A crime that undermines the offender's government.
• Disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior.
• The crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill or overthrow the sovereign or government.

Synonyms of "Treason" as a noun (7 Words)

betrayal	An act of deliberate betrayal. These developments represented a betrayal of democracy.
high treason	A public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12.
lese majesty	Impressiveness in scale or proportion.
perfidy	The state of being deceitful and untrustworthy. Hapsburg perfidy.
subversiveness	Disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior.
traitorousness	Disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior.
treachery	Betrayal of trust. The treachery of language.

Usage Examples of "Treason" as a noun

• They were convicted of treason.
• Doubt is the ultimate treason against faith.

Associations of "Treason" (30 Words)

apostate	A person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle. An apostate Roman Catholic.
betray	Be sexually unfaithful to one’s partner in marriage. The spy betrayed his country.
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 cheats on her husband.
cheating	Not faithful to a spouse or lover.
deceive	(of a thing) give (someone) a mistaken impression. I didn t intend to deceive people into thinking it was French champagne.
defector	A person who abandons their duty (as on a military post. Staff interviewed escapees and defectors to the West.
disloyal	(of a remark or thought) demonstrating a lack of loyalty. Disloyal mutterings about his leadership.
disloyalty	The quality of being disloyal. An accusation of disloyalty and betrayal.
duplicity	Deceitfulness. The president was accused of duplicity in his dealings with Congress.
faithless	Without religious faith. They were ungodly and faithless.
fraudulence	Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage.
infidelity	The quality of being unfaithful. Her infidelity continued after her marriage.
insubordination	Defiance of authority. He was dismissed for insubordination.
insurgent	A person fighting against a government or invading force; a rebel or revolutionary. Alleged links with insurgent groups.
mutiny	Engage in a mutiny against an authority. A mutiny by those manning the weapons could trigger a global war.
perfidious	Deceitful and untrustworthy. The perfidious Judas.
perfidy	The state of being deceitful and untrustworthy. It was an example of his perfidy.
quisling	A traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country. 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. Respect did not prevent children from rebelling against their parents.
renegade	Become a renegade. Johnson had renegaded from the Confederacy.
seditious	Inciting or causing people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch. The letter was declared seditious.
traitor	A person who says one thing and does another. 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 treacherous Gestapo agent.
treachery	An act of deliberate betrayal. Many died because of his treachery.
treasonable	Having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor. There was no evidence of treasonable activity.
turncoat	A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. They denounced him as a turncoat.
unfaithful	Having sexual relations with someone other than your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend. She felt that to sell the house would be unfaithful to her parents memory.