cheat

cheat

verb

Definition of CHEAT

1

to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal <students who cheat on tests end up never knowing anything>

Synonyms chicane, finagle, fudge

Related Words crib; color, distort, falsify, misinterpret, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, twist, warp; doctor, fake, tamper (with); elaborate, embellish, embroider, exaggerate, magnify, pad, stretch; dodge, evade, hedge

2

to be sexually unfaithful <he suspects that his girlfriend is cheating on him>

Synonyms philander, screw around, step out

Related Words cat (around), fool around, fornicate, play (around), tomcat (around), womanize; copulate, couple, lie, make out, mate, sleep; lust

3

to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of <the daredevil survived his plunge over the falls with barely a scratch, having cheated death once again>

Synonyms cheat, dissatisfy, fail, let down

Related Words bum (out), chagrin, discontent, disgruntle, displease, distress, upset; disenchant, disillusion; deceive, delude, mock

Near Antonyms fulfill (or fulfil); gladden

Antonyms content, gratify, satisfy

4

to rob by the use of trickery or threats <a despicable confidence man who heartlessly cheated elderly people out of their savings>

Synonyms beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, flimflam, gaff, gyp, hose [slang], hustle, mulct, nobble [British slang], pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig, victimize

Related Words extort, wrench, wrest, wring; clip, gouge, nick, overcharge, soak; exploit, milk; deceive, dupe, fool, gull, trick; rope (in); betray, bitch, double-cross; bamboozle, fast-talk