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| Main Entry: | traitor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is disloyal |
| Synonyms: | Benedict Arnold*, Judas*, apostate, betrayer, conspirator, deceiver, deserter, fink*, hypocrite, impostor, informer, miscreant, quisling, rebel, renegade, snake*, sneak*, snitch*, spy, squealer*, stool pigeon*, tattletale, turncoat, wolf*, back-stabber, backslider, defector, double-crosser, intriguer, snitcher, traducer, treasonist, two-timer, whistle-blower |
| Antonyms: | loyalist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conspirator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | schemer |
| Synonyms: | accomplice, betrayer, collaborator, subversive, traitor, backstabber, caballer, colluder, highbinder, plotter |
| Main Entry: | deserter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fugitive from responsibility |
| Synonyms: | absconder, apostate, betrayer, criminal, delinquent, derelict, escapee, lawbreaker, maroon, recreant, refugee, renegade, runaway, shirker, slacker, traitor, truant, AWOL, backslider, defector, escaper, hookey player, no-show |
| Main Entry: | enemy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone hated or competed against |
| Synonyms: | adversary, agent, antagonist, assailant, assassin, attacker, bandit, betrayer, competitor, criminal, detractor, fifth column, foe, guerrilla, informer, invader, murderer, opponent, opposition, rebel, revolutionary, rival, spy, terrorist, traitor, villain, archenemy, asperser, backbiter, bad person, calumniator, contender, defamer, defiler, disputant, emulator, falsifier, inquisitor, other side, prosecutor, saboteur, seditionist, slanderer, traducer, vilifier |
| Antonyms: | aide, ally, assistant, confidante, friend, helper |
| Main Entry: | rebel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who does not obey |
| Synonyms: | agitator, anarchist, antagonist, apostate, demagogue, deserter, dissenter, guerrilla, heretic, iconoclast, independent, individualist, innovator, insurgent, malcontent, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, opponent, recreant, renegade, resistance, revolutionary, traitor, turncoat, disectarian, experientialist, experimenter, frondeur, insurrectionary, overthrower, revolter, revolutionist, rioter, schismatic, secessionist, seditionist, separatist, subverter |
| Notes: | to revolt is to refuse to obey the constraints imposed by another; to rebel is to attempt to replace those constraints by a set of one's own |
| Main Entry: | renegade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is rebellious |
| Synonyms: | apostate, betrayer, deserter, dissident, escapee, exile, fugitive, heretic, iconoclast, insurgent, mutineer, outlaw, rebel, recreant, refugee, runaway, snake*, snake in the grass, traitor, turnabout, turncoat, abandoner, backslider, defector, double-crosser, forsaker, schismatic, tergiversator |
| Antonyms: | adherent, follower, passivist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | betrayer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | informer |
| Synonyms: | Benedict Arnold, deceiver, fink, rat, snitch, spy, stool pigeon*, traitor, turncoat, weasel, backstabber, double-crosser, narc, nark |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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