Synonyms of betrayal

betrayal

noun

bi-ˈtrā(-ə)l 

as in treachery

the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another

the terrible betrayal of having her best friend reveal her confidences to others

Synonyms & Similar Words

• treachery
• treason
• deception
• infidelity
• disloyalty
• abandonment
• deceit
• perfidy
• backstabbing
• faithlessness
• unfaithfulness
• falseness
• lying
• sellout
• double cross
• falsity
• business
• desertion
• two-timing
• duplicity
• double-dealing
• informing
• fraud
• guile
• trickery
• two-facedness
• snitching
• talebearing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loyalty
• allegiance
• fidelity
• devotion
• faithfulness
• fealty
• steadfastness
• reliability
• trustworthiness
• dependability
• protection
• defense
• staunchness
• shield
• safeguard

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of betrayal

As twelve strangers navigate lies, alliances, and betrayal in the hunt for a million-dollar prize in this new reality competition, viewers can’t stop wondering about the luxurious estate that houses all this deception. —Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 27 Mar. 2025

Any betrayals to the commitments researchers made to those people could compromise the ability of scientists to work with them in the future. —Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025

Many of these protagonists endure the tedium and humiliation of involuntary psychiatric hospitalizations, losing days and years to paralyzing inertia, and experiencing terrifying delusions of persecution and betrayal. —Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025

After a number of betrayals and acts of violence, the family lands in a camp in another unnamed nation, scarred and compromised but alive. —Lily Meyer, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025