as in traitor
one who betrays a trust or an allegiance
she heatedly called her best friend a Judas after she found out her secrets had been spread all over town
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Judas
Noun
-
Keep your actual and suspected traitors closer – the non-loyal, uncommitted, secretive, suspicious, dishonest, deceitful, chronically negative, and regularly undermining.
-
Both groups were accused of being spies, traitors and collaborators, according to the report.
Noun
-
Then go ahead and depict the country’s prime minister as the betrayer of Christ.
-
Lesch plays the savior’s anguished betrayer not as an intellectual equal who fiercely debates him and loses all patience with the movement.
Noun
-
The Conservatives, currently led by Kemi Badenoch, slammed Braverman following her defection, characterizing her as an inevitable turncoat and questioning her mental faculties.
-
But the result is that a fair number of former Sanders allies or staffers have turned out to be MAGA turncoats, cranks, or washed out of politics altogether.
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Judas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Judas. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
