🕵️traitor

Meaning

A person who betrays their country, friends, or a cause by acting against them.

a person who betrays someone or something, such as a friend, cause, or principle

Example Sentences

The soldier was labeled a traitor for giving secrets to the enemy.

The spy was branded a traitor to his country after being caught.

Example Expressions

traitor in our midst

Synonyms

betrayer, turncoat, defector, backstabber, double-crosser, renegade

Entry 1

betrayer, turncoat, defector, backstabber, double-crosser

Entry 2

betrayer, turncoat, defector, backstabber, renegade

Antonyms

loyalist, patriot, supporter, ally

Entry 1

loyalist, patriot, supporter

Entry 2

loyalist, patriot, supporter, ally

Collocations

call someone a traitor, branded a traitor, traitor to the cause, expose a traitor, political traitor

Entry 1

call someone a traitor, branded a traitor, traitor to the cause, expose a traitor

Entry 2

branded a traitor, political traitor, traitor to the cause