Synonyms for traitor
ˈtreɪ tərtraitor

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1. traitor

   Synonyms:
   adversary, antagonist, betrayer, deserter, enemy, hater, opponent, renegade

   Antonyms:
   adherent, aid, aider, ally, backer, disciple, follower, partisan, supporter

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1. traitor

   Synonyms:
   rebel, renegade, betrayer, turncoat

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1. traitor, treasonistnoun

   someone who betrays his country by committing treason

   Synonyms:
   treasonist, double-dealer, two-timer, betrayer, double-crosser

2. double-crosser, double-dealer, two-timer, betrayer, traitornoun

   a person who says one thing and does another

   Synonyms:
   betrayer, double-crosser, blabber, double-dealer, squealer, two-timer, rat, informer, treasonist

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1. • Criminal
   • Deceiver

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1. oathbreaker

   oathbreaker, one who breaks a sworn oath

   Submitted by rinat on September 10, 2019  

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1. traitornoun

   Synonyms:
   betrayer (especially of one's country), deceiver, renegade, apostate, rebel, insurgent, revolter, deserter, perfidious person

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1. List of paraphrases for "traitor":

   betrayer, treacherous, backstabber, cheater, traitorous, azamat, trickster, judas, villain, scab, snitch, mole

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How to use traitor in a sentence?

1. Hendrik W. Van Loon:

   In history as in life it is success that counts. Start a political upheaval and let yourself be caught, and you will hang as a traitor. But place yourself at the head of a rebellion and gain your point, and all future generations will worship you as the Father of their Country.

2. Marco Rubio:

   I never believed Edward Snowden was a good public servant the way that Ted Cruz once said, that he had done a public service for America. Edward Snowden is a traitor.

3. Julieta Garibay:

   He's very much an immigrant traitor, he plays this card of, 'I have an immigrant background and I'm proud of my parents,' but yet he puts out this legislation that would definitely negatively impact folks coming from Cuba.

4. John Milton:

   ... If weakness may excuse, What Murderer, what Traitor, Parricide, Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it All Wickedness is Weakness That plea therefore With God or Man will gain thee no Remission.

5. Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell:

   I was particularly shocked at seeing the insurrectionists violently attack us with the very American flag that they claimed they sought to protect, i was grabbed, beaten, tased, all while being called a traitor to my country.