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betrayer
noun
1 betrayer
One who reveals confidential information in return for money.
synonyms: blabber, informer, rat, squealer.
Dutch: informant, aanbrenger, aangever, klikker, klikspaan, sycofant, tipgever, verklikker, verlinker
2 betrayer
A person who says one thing and does another.
synonyms: double-crosser, double-dealer, traitor, two-timer.
Roget 941:
knave,
rogue;
Scapin†,
rascal;
Lazarillo de Tormes;
bad man
etc.
949;
blackguard
etc.
949;
barrater†,
barrator†;
shyster [U.S.].
traitor,
betrayer,
archtraitor†,
conspirator,
Judas,
Catiline;
reptile,
serpent,
snake in the grass,
wolf in sheep's clothing,
sneak,
Jerry Sneak,
squealer [Slang],
tell-tale,
mischief-maker;
trimmer,
fence-sitter,
renegade
etc.
(tergiversation)
607;
truant,
recreant;
sycophant
etc.
(servility)
886.
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Dutch: judas, verrader, versliegeraar
Moby thesaurus: Benedict Arnold, Brutus, Judas, Judas Iscariot, Quisling, archtraitor, blab, blabber, blabberer, blabbermouth, cockatrice, conniver, conspirator, conspirer, convict, criminal, crook, debaucher, deceiver, defiler, delator, desperado, desperate criminal, despoiler, double agent, double-crosser, double-dealer, felon, fink, fugitive, gallows bird, gangster, gaolbird, informer, intrigant, intriguer, jailbird, lawbreaker, machinator, mobster, narc, nark, outlaw, peacher, plotter, public enemy, quisling, racketeer, raper, rapist, rat, ravager, ravisher, schemer, scofflaw, seducer, serpent, snake, snitch, snitcher, spy, squealer, stool pigeon, stoolie, swindler, talebearer, tattler, tattletale, telltale, thief, thug, timeserver, traitor, treasonist, trimmer, turncoat, two-timer, violator, whistle-blower ... show more.
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