Synonyms of backstabbers

backstabbers

noun

plural of backstabber

as in traitors

one who betrays a trust or an allegiance

a backstabber taking credit for work she didn't do while bad-mouthing the rest of the team to the boss

Synonyms & Similar Words

• traitors
• turncoats
• betrayers
• quislings
• Judases
• serpents
• double-crossers
• apostates
• snakes
• collaborators
• double-dealers
• collaborationists
• schemers
• subversives
• sellouts
• renegades
• conspirators
• intriguers
• subverters
• coconspirators
• plotters
• gossipers
• recreants
• informants
• defectors
• deserters
• informers
• gossips
• gossipmongers
• talkers
• snitches
• accommodationists
• tattlers
• squealers
• rumormongers
• tattletales
• stool pigeons
• rats
• blabbermouths
• snitchers
• talebearers
• telltales

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of backstabbers

The result is a scathing takedown that will find techies throughout the Valley looking over their shoulders and speculating on who is who amongst the show’s motley collection of fictional backstabbers obsessed with growing their profit margin and amassing wealth and power. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026

There were no suggestions that good family friends were liars or backstabbers, no angry exchanges between a man’s wife and the same man’s sister. — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026

Prayer mats lie next to heavy artillery; smoke billows from parked whips; backstabbers get cut first. — Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2025