| Main Entry: | turncoat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | traitor |
Synonyms: |
Benedict Arnold, Judas, apostate, back-stabber, betrayer, conspirator, deceiver, defector, deserter, double-crosser, fink, informer, quisling, rat, rebel, renegade, snake*, sneak*, snitch, spy, squealer, stool pigeon, tattletale, tergiversator, treasonist, two-timer, whistle-blower |
| 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: | Judas |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | traitor |
Synonyms: |
Benedict Arnold, backstabber, betrayer, conspirator, deceiver, rat, turncoat, two-timer, weasel |
| 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: | rat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | informer |
Synonyms: |
backstabber, betrayer, blabbermouth, canary, deep throat, double-crosser, fink, informant, sneak, snitch, source, squealer, stool pigeon, stoolie, tattler, tattletale, turncoat, whistle-blower |
| Main Entry: | rebel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who does not obey |
Synonyms: |
agitator, anarchist, antagonist, apostate, demagogue, deserter, disectarian, dissenter, experientialist, experimenter, frondeur, guerrilla, heretic, iconoclast, independent, individualist, innovator, insurgent, insurrectionary, malcontent, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, opponent, overthrower, recreant, renegade, resistance, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, rioter, schismatic, secessionist, seditionist, separatist, subverter, traitor, turncoat |
| 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: |
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: | snitch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | informer |
Synonyms: |
betrayer, blabbermouth, canary, deep throat, double-crosser, fink, informant, narc, nark, rat, sneak, snitcher, source, squealer, stool pigeon, stoolie, tattler, tattletale, tipster, turncoat, weasel, whistle-blower |
| Main Entry: | stool pigeon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | informer to police |
Synonyms: |
agent provocateur, betrayer, blabbermouth, canary, decoy, deep throat, double-crosser, fink, fink, informant, informer, narc, narc, nark, nark, plant, police informer, rat, rat fink, rat, shill, sneak, snitch, snitcher, source, spy, squealer, squealer, stoolie, stoolie, tattler, tattletale, tipster, turncoat, weasel, whistle-blower |
| 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 |