| Main Entry: | perfidious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | treacherous |
Synonyms: |
betraying, deceitful, deceptive, double-crossing, double-dealing, faithless, false, insidious, misleading, recreant, shifty, slick*, snake in the grass, traitorous, two-faced, two-timing, undependable, unfaithful, unloyal, unreliable, untrustworthy |
| Main Entry: | quisling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | traitor |
Synonyms: |
Judas, back-stabber, betrayer, collaborator, colluder, defector, deserter, double-crosser, double-dealer, snake in the grass, sympathizer, turncoat, two-timer |
| 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: | treacherous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest, disloyal |
Synonyms: |
betraying, catchy, deceitful, deceptive, double-crossing, double-dealing, duplicitous, faithless, false, false-hearted, fly-by-night, insidious, misleading, perfidious, recreant, shifty, slick*, slippery*, snake in the grass, traitorous, treasonable, tricky, two-faced, two-timing, undependable, unfaithful, unloyal, unreliable, untrue, untrustworthy |
Antonyms: |
forthright, honest, loyal, true |
| Main Entry: | Benedict Arnold |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | traitor |
Synonyms: |
Brutus, Judas, backstabber, betrayer, defector, deserter, double agent, double-crosser, fink, informer, quisling, snake in the grass, snitch, spy, stool pigeon, treasonist, turncoat |
| Main Entry: | Pandora's box |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evils that are hidden |
Synonyms: |
can of worms, confusion, evil, hornet's nest, ill, snake in the grass |
| Main Entry: | snake in the grass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scoundrel |
Synonyms: |
Pandora's box, backstabber, creep, pitfall, rat, rat fink, skunk, snake, sneak, trap, villain, viper, weasel |