English Synonym Finder

traitor

Definitions

A person who betrays a friend, country, principle, or cause.

Someone who commits an act of treason or betrays their allegiance to a sovereign or government.

Examples

The soldier was branded a traitor after he leaked classified information to the enemy.

He felt like a traitor to his own family when he decided to move across the country.

Synonyms

betrayer turncoat defector renegade quisling backstabber

Antonyms

loyalist