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Synonyms for cheater

Most common

fraud trickster deceiver swindler cheat adulterer bandit

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

2. Cheat — someone who cheats; something that cheats. Synonym of adulterer

cheat, adulterer

Other

bandit

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Someone who cheats; something that cheats. Synonym of adulterer.

  2. n. 2

    Someone who cheats; something that cheats.

Related words

Phrases
cheater glasses pinky cheater

Forms

Plural
cheaters → tricksters, swindlers, frauds, deceivers…

Example sentences

  • fraud Academic fraud is more common than you might think.
  • deceiver The truth is, he is nothing other than a deceiver.
  • swindler She went so far as to say that he was a swindler.
  • cheat I felt like hitting him when he tried to cheat me.
  • adulterer Sami was a thief, an adulterer and a murderer.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
cheaterrising
fraudrising
tricksterrising
deceiverrising
swindlersteady
cheatrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
fraud1, cheat1
6 letters
bandit2
7 letters
slicker2
8 letters
deceiver, swindler3, beguiler
9 letters
trickster2, charlatan3, adulterer4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bandit2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
tricheur
Español
tramposo