TREACHEROUS Synonyms
There are 9 hypernyms of the word treacherous. (close relations)
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| perfidious | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans | ||||||
| unreliable | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • not worthy of reliance or trust adjective satellite • liable to be erroneous or misleading • dangerously unstable and unpredictable • lacking a sense of responsibility | ||||||
| deceitful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • involving deception • marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another | ||||||
| dishonest | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive adjective satellite • capable of being corrupted | ||||||
| disloyal | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • showing lack of love for your country • deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle | ||||||
| false | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality adverb • in a disloyal and faithless manner adjective satellite • arising from error • erroneous and usually accidental • deliberately deceptive • inappropriate to reality or facts • not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article • designed to deceive • inaccurate in pitch • adopted in order to deceive • (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful | ||||||
| traitorous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor | ||||||
| unfaithful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • not true to duty or obligation or promises • having sexual relations with someone other than your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend adjective satellite • having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor • not trustworthy | ||||||
| backstabbing | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
verb • To attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly in a deceitful, underhand, or treacherous manner, especially when they're not present in the place or situation that it happens. (as if stabbing them in the back). See backbite. noun • The act of one who backstabs. | ||||||
| punic | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language noun • the Phoenician dialect of ancient Carthage adjective satellite • tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans | ||||||
