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abandoner

noun

as in traitor

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abandoner
  1. traitor
  2. leaver
  3. turncoat
  4. dropout
  5. betrayer
  6. rebel
  7. insurgent
  8. mutineer
Noun
  • Brian would have to report back home to his louse of a father to fight or be branded a traitor.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Each season, The Traitors brings together a group of people for a game of deceit, separating the cast into faithfuls and traitors who must try to figure out who is who.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of traitor
Noun
  • Several aspects of the turnover process affect the likelihood that a leaver will recommend their former firm.
    — Joseph Brazel, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Definition of leaver
Noun
  • Worth putting a pin in Catherine’s reaction to Lamb’s callous reference to Charles Partner, the late First Desk chief and turncoat who employed Catherine as his personal assistant.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The Conservatives, currently led by Kemi Badenoch, slammed Braverman following her defection, characterizing her as an inevitable turncoat and questioning her mental faculties.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 26 Jan. 2026
Definition of turncoat
Noun
  • The Sri Lanka–born, San Diego–raised 28-year-old UC Berkeley dropout bends her generation’s activist streak inside out and roasts from a place of familiarity.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The film follows a 16-year-old high school dropout in Singapore who returns to her elite all-girls Chinese school to join the graduating class.
    — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of dropout
Noun
  • The inferno that follows, as the betrayer’s dragon sets fire to both armies and then Tumbleton itself, will be rendered with both practical flames and CGI.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Then go ahead and depict the country’s prime minister as the betrayer of Christ.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
Definition of betrayer
Noun
  • The charges stemmed from fighting more than a decade ago between the predominantly Muslim Seleka rebels who seized power from then-President François Bozizé, and a mainly Christian militia called the anti-Balaka.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
  • In the south, an array of militias and armed groups arose over the years, ostensibly to back the government against the rebels.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of rebel
Noun
  • Rancho libertarians, like their Scotch-Irish cousins from another mother, are forever skeptical of government, respect insurgents who want to take on the establishment, love their people and subscribe to a bootstraps approach to life.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Politicians such as El-Sayed, Lawrence, Zohran Mamdani in New York and James Talarico in Texas are not Democratic insurgents.
    — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of insurgent
Noun
  • Analysts say the clashes at the Base 101 at the Niamey international airport could have gone either way because of the mutineers’ determination and large numbers until the Russian troops stepped in.
    — Chinedu Asadu, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The fate of the mutineers was not immediately clear and authorities did not disclose any charges against them.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of mutineer
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“Abandoner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abandoner. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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