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Betrayer

One who, or that which, betrays.

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Broader term 8

Beguiler 76% connected

One who, or that which, beguiles.

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Cheat 76% connected

An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

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Cheater 76% connected

One who cheats.

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Deceiver 76% connected

One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor.

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Informant 76% connected

One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies.

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Slicker 76% connected

That which makes smooth or sleek.

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Source 76% connected

The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.

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Trickster 76% connected

One who tricks; a deceiver; a tricker; a cheat.

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Narrower term 5

Canary 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands; as, canary wine; canary birds.

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Grass 76% connected

Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the food of cattle and other beasts; pasture.

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Judas 76% connected

The disciple who betrayed Christ. Hence: A treacherous person; one who betrays under the semblance of friendship.

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Sneak 76% connected

To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company.

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Sneaker 76% connected

One who sneaks.

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piffle 74% connected

Nonsense or trivial talk

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piffle 74% connected

Nonsense or trivial talk

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Talk 74% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Talk 74% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Synonym 5

Blabber 92% connected

A tattler; a telltale.

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Informer 92% connected

One who informs, animates, or inspires.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rat 92% connected

One of several species of small rodents of the genus Mus and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the N…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Squealer 92% connected

One who, or that which, squeals.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Traitor 92% connected

One who violates his allegiance and betrays his country; one guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers his country to an enemy, or yie…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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