Synonyms for unloyal
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
false, untrue, treacherous, unfaithful, disloyal, faithless, traitorous, perfidious, recreant formal, unsteadfast, unleal, false-hearted, renegade, treasonous, inconstant, trothless formal dated, illoyal dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not loyal.
Example sentences
- untrue The main thing is to not be untrue to yourself.
- treacherous The weather can be very treacherous at this altitude.
- unfaithful Dan discovered that his wife had been unfaithful.
- disloyal My suffering comes from realizing you were disloyal.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unloyal | steady | |
| untrue | steady | |
| treacherous | rising | |
| unfaithful | rising | |
| disloyal | steady | |
| faithless | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- false1
- 6 letters
- untrue2, unleal
- 7 letters
- illoyal
- 8 letters
- renegade3, disloyal3, recreant
- 9 letters
- faithless, trothless
- 10 letters
- unfaithful3, traitorous3, treasonous3, perfidious, inconstant
- 11 letters
- treacherous3, unsteadfast
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (untrue2 = 2 syllables).