Synonyms of quisling

quisling

noun

ˈkwiz-liŋ 

as in traitor

one who betrays a trust or an allegiance

warned that all quislings would be punished without mercy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• traitor
• turncoat
• betrayer
• Judas
• apostate
• backstabber
• double-dealer
• double-crosser
• collaborationist
• snake
• collaborator
• serpent
• recreant
• subverter
• conspirator
• renegade
• intriguer
• sellout
• schemer
• coconspirator
• deserter
• plotter
• informer
• informant
• accommodationist
• defector
• subversive
• snitch
• squealer
• talker
• stool pigeon
• blabbermouth
• rat
• tattletale
• gossiper
• tattler
• gossipmonger
• snitcher
• rumormonger
• talebearer
• telltale
• gossip

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of quisling

It is aided in its unceasing efforts to gain more power and undermine our institutions and rights by a Congress in which quislings claim a majority. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2026

But the president's new FTC chair, Andrew Ferguson, is an outspoken Big Tech critic on X and is signaling the panel won't be stacked with pro-industry quislings. — Marc Caputo, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025

Erdogan, meanwhile, lambasted Kilicdaroglu as a quisling who is in cahoots with the West and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, a Kurdish separatist group that both Ankara and Washington consider a terrorist entity. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023

And Kilicdaroglu was an easy mark for Erdogan, who has belittled him for years and cast him during the campaign as both a terrorist and a quisling for Western interests — accusations that stuck in the minds of some voters. — Kareem Fahim, Washington Post, 27 May 2023

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