Synonyms of traitor

traitor

noun

ˈtrā-tər 

as in betrayer

one who betrays a trust or an allegiance

accused by her family of being a traitor when she sold their traditionally animal-friendly business to a competitor known to use animals for testing its products

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of traitor

Irina and Raskova will enjoy a long, successful professional collaboration, purging Star City of traitors and threats and bringing down Petrovsky in a plot that leads to his ending his life in ignominy, having confessed to crimes against the state. — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 10 July 2026

Weeks earlier, the Maduro regime had publicly declared Ojeda a traitor. — Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 10 July 2026

The king refused to look at it, and issued the Proclamation of Rebellion, declaring the colonists traitors and hiring 30,000 German mercenaries to help crush them. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 4 July 2026

Harper suspects Bichette, after seven seasons in Toronto, won’t be treated as a traitor. — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 29 June 2026