Synonyms for traitorous
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Disloyal — characteristic of a traitor; disloyal
disloyal, treasonous, perfidious, treacherous, treasonable, unfaithful, faithless, double-crossing, double-dealing, renegade, felonious, false, insidious, untrue, recreant formal, unloyal, traitorish, traitorly, infidelitous, traitorsome, traitorlike, deceitful
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Characteristic of a traitor; disloyal.
Related words
- Word family
- traitorously traitorousness
Example sentences
- treacherous The weather can be very treacherous at this altitude.
- disloyal My suffering comes from realizing you were disloyal.
- treasonous You'll all hang for this, you ungrateful, treasonous bastards!
- perfidious I discovered Troy's perfidious plans.
- rebellious Among the people, rebellious sentiments are growing.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| traitorous | rising | |
| treacherous | rising | |
| disloyal | steady | |
| treasonous | rising | |
| perfidious | steady | |
| rebellious | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- false1
- 6 letters
- untrue2
- 7 letters
- unloyal
- 8 letters
- renegade3, disloyal3, recreant
- 9 letters
- insidious4, deceitful3, faithless, felonious4, traitorly
- 10 letters
- rebellious3, unfaithful3, treasonous3, perfidious, traitorish
- 11 letters
- treacherous3, treasonable, traitorsome, traitorlike
- 12 letters
- infidelitous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (untrue2 = 2 syllables).