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

Examples of traitor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the face of the demonstrations, the Supreme Court on Sunday again cut the quota to just 5% but comments by Hasina that likened the protesters to traitors poured fuel on the fire. —Charlie Campbell, TIME, 25 July 2024

The pro-Biden forces look upon those who urged him to leave the race as traitors. —Cary Goodman, New York Daily News, 22 July 2024

Everyone who doesn’t march in lock-step with the Western establishment’s dominant narrative is branded a traitor, a Kremlin stooge, or a threat to democracy. —Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2024

Sorcerers, lovers, traitors, heroes saintly or adulterous, iconic women of power. —Elizabeth Hand, Washington Post, 16 July 2024