Synonyms for cheating
cheat·ing

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1. cheating

   A fraud is an act of deliberate deception with the design of securing something by taking unfair advantage of another. A deceit or deception may be designed merely to gain some end of one's own, with no intent of harming another; an imposition, to take some small advantage of another, or simply to make another ridiculous. An imposture is designed to obtain money, credit, or position to which one is not entitled, and may be practised by a street beggar or by the pretender to a throne. All action that is not honest is dishonesty, but the term dishonesty is generally applied in business, politics, etc., to deceitful practises which are not directly criminal. Fraud includes deceit, but deceit may not reach the gravity of fraud; a cheat is of the nature of fraud, but of a petty sort; a swindle is more serious than a cheat, involving larger values and more flagrant dishonesty. Fraud is commonly actionable at law; cheating and swindling are for the most part out of the reach of legal proceedings. Treachery is chiefly used of dishonesty in matters of friendship, social relations, government, or war; treachery may be more harmful than fraud, but is not so gross, and is not ordinarily open to legal redress. Treason is a specific form of treachery of a subject to the government to which he owes allegiance, and is definable and punishable at law. Compare ARTIFICE; DECEPTION.

   Synonyms:
   artifice, cheat, deceit, deception, dishonesty, duplicity, fraud, imposition, imposture, swindle, swindling, treachery, treason, trick

   Antonyms:
   fairness, good faith, honesty, integrity, truth, uprightness

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1. cheat, cheatingadjective

   a deception for profit to yourself

   Synonyms:
   cheat, cheater, darnel, rig, chess, bearded darnel, deceiver, beguiler, tare, trickster, slicker, swindle

   Antonyms:
   just, fair, faithful

2. adulterous, cheating(a), two-timing(a)adjective

   not faithful to a spouse or lover

   "adulterous husbands and wives"; "a two-timing boyfriend"

   Antonyms:
   just, fair, faithful

3. cheating(a), dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlikeadjective

   violating accepted standards or rules

   "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"

   Antonyms:
   fair, faithful, just

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1. List of paraphrases for "cheating":

   fraud, cheat, deception, cheater, deceit, infidel, infidelity, deceiving, unbeliever, truffle

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1. Kristin Zeising:

   For both men and women, there’s an emotional component to cheating, they may feel a lack of connection, affection, or not feel appreciated by their partner.

2. Benjamin Burroughs:

   Plenty of gamers and get upset when they lose or feel the game was cheating, but it doesnt lead to violent outputs.

3. Susan Collins:

   North Korea has a long history of cheating on agreements that it's made with previous administrations.

4. Woody Allen, Annie Hall:

   I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy next to me.

5. Tommy Pham:

   We were in a fantasy league together. I put somebody — a player — on the injured reserve when they were listed as out and added another player. And then there was a text message in the group saying that I was cheating because I was stashing players on the bench.