trai·tor (tr  t r)n. One who betrays one's country, a cause, or a trust, especially one who commits treason. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin tr ditor, from trditus, past participle of trdere, to betray; see tradition.] |
traitor
Noun
a person who betrays friends, country, a cause, etc. [Latin tradere to hand over]
traitorous adj
traitress fem n
traitress fem n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  traitor - someone who betrays his country by committing treasoncriminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime fifth columnist, saboteur - a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader traitress - female traitor |
| 2. |  traitor - a person who says one thing and does anotherbeguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true Judas - someone who betrays under the guise of friendship |
traitor
noun betrayer, deserter, turncoat, deceiver, informer, renegade, defector, Judas, double-crosser (informal) quisling, apostate, miscreant, fifth columnist, snake in the grass (informal) back-stabber, fizgig Austral. (slang) << OPPOSITE loyalist
Translations
n traitor [ˈtreitə]
a person who changes to the enemy's side or gives away information to the enemy He was a traitor to his country. verraaier خائِن предател zrádce, -kyně forræder der/die Verräter(in) προδότης traidor reetur خائن petturi traître, traîtresse בּוֹגֵד विश्वासघाती izdajica áruló pengkhianat svikari; landráðamaður traditore, traditrice 裏切者 반역자, 배신자 išdavikas nodevējs pengkhianat verrader forræder zdrajca traidor trădător предатель zradca, -kyňa izdajalec izdajnik förrädare ผู้ทรยศ vatan haini 叛徒 зрадник غدار، باغي kẻ phản bội 叛徒
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