| Main Entry: | apostate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | traitor |
Synonyms: |
backslider, defector, deserter, dissenter, heretic, nonconformist, rat, recreant, renegade, turncoat |
Antonyms: |
adherent, faithful, loyalist |
| Main Entry: | deserter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fugitive from responsibility |
Synonyms: |
AWOL, absconder, apostate, backslider, betrayer, criminal, defector, delinquent, derelict, escapee, escaper, hookey player, lawbreaker, maroon, no-show, recreant, refugee, renegade, runaway, shirker, slacker, traitor, truant |
| Main Entry: | hypocrite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who pretends, is deceitful |
Synonyms: |
Pharisee, actor, attitudinizer, backslider, bigot, bluffer, casuist, charlatan, cheat, con artist, crook, deceiver, decoy, dissembler, dissimulator, fake, faker, four-flusher, fraud, hook*, humbug, impostor, informer, lip server, malingerer, masquerader, mountebank, phony, playactor, poser, pretender, quack, smoothie, sophist, swindler, trickster, two-face, two-timer, wolf in sheep's clothing |
| Main Entry: | renegade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is rebellious |
Synonyms: |
abandoner, apostate, backslider, betrayer, defector, deserter, dissident, double-crosser, escapee, exile, forsaker, fugitive, heretic, iconoclast, insurgent, mutineer, outlaw, rebel, recreant, refugee, runaway, schismatic, snake in the grass, snake*, tergiversator, traitor, turnabout, turncoat |
Antonyms: |
adherent, follower, passivist |
| Main Entry: | traitor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is disloyal |
Synonyms: |
Benedict Arnold, Judas, apostate, back-stabber, backslider, betrayer, conspirator, deceiver, defector, deserter, double-crosser, fink, hypocrite, impostor, informer, intriguer, miscreant, quisling, rebel, renegade, snake*, sneak*, snitch, snitcher, spy, squealer, stool pigeon, tattletale, traducer, treasonist, turncoat, two-timer, whistle-blower, wolf* |
Antonyms: |
loyalist |
| Main Entry: | fallen angel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | angel cast out of heaven |
Synonyms: |
ame damnee, backslider, lost sheep, lost soul, recidivist |
| Main Entry: | tartuffe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hypocrite |
Synonyms: |
Pharisee, actor, attitudinizer, backslider, bigot, bluffer, casuist, charlatan, cheat, con artist, crook, deceiver, decoy, dissembler, dissimulator, fake*, faker, four-flusher, fraud*, hook*, humbug, impostor, informer, lip server, malingerer, masquerader, mountebank, pharisee, phony*, playactor, poser, pretender, quack, smoothie, sophist, swindler, trickster, two-face, two-timer, wolf in sheep's clothing |