Synonyms for faithless
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Unfaithful — not true to allegiance, duty, or vows
unfaithful, disloyal, traitorous, perfidious, treacherous, treasonous, false, dishonest, apostate, untrue, untrustworthy, double-dealing, false-hearted, insincere, renegade, hollow-hearted, hypocritical, double-faced, treasonable, derelict, slippery, recreant formal
2. Delusive — serving to disappoint or deceive
3. Unbelieving
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows
- adj. 2
Serving to disappoint or deceive
- adj. 3
Lacking faith; lacking belief in something.
Related words
- Word family
- faithlessly faithlessness
Example sentences
- unfaithful Dan discovered that his wife had been unfaithful.
- disloyal My suffering comes from realizing you were disloyal.
- perfidious I discovered Troy's perfidious plans.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| faithless | rising | |
| unfaithful | rising | |
| disloyal | steady | |
| traitorous | rising | |
| perfidious | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- false1
- 6 letters
- untrue2
- 8 letters
- slippery3, doubting2, renegade3, derelict3, disloyal3, apostate3, delusive, recreant
- 9 letters
- dishonest3, insincere3
- 10 letters
- unfaithful3, traitorous3, treasonous3, perfidious
- 11 letters
- treacherous3, incredulous4, unbelieving4, treasonable
- 12 letters
- hypocritical5, unsatisfying5
- 13 letters
- untrustworthy4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (untrue2 = 2 syllables).