Antonyms for treacherous
ˈtrɛtʃ ər əstreach·er·ous

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1. treacherous

   Antonyms:
   candid, equitable, fair, faithful, frank, genuine, good, honest, honorable, ingenuous, just, sincere, straightforward, true, trustworthy, trusty, upright

   Synonyms:
   deceitful, dishonest, disingenuous, faithless, false, fraudulent, hypocritical, lying, mendacious, perfidious, traitorous, unfaithful, unscrupulous, untrue

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1. treacherous, unreliableadjective

   dangerously unstable and unpredictable

   "treacherous winding roads"; "an unreliable trestle"

   Antonyms:
   faithful, safe

   Synonyms:
   perfidious, punic, undependable, unreliable

2. punic, perfidious, treacherousadjective

   tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans

   "Punic faith"; "the perfidious Judas"; "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"; "treacherous intrigues"

   Antonyms:
   faithful, safe

   Synonyms:
   perfidious, unreliable, punic

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1. treacherousadjective

   Synonyms:
   traitorous, perfidious, faithless

How to use treacherous in a sentence?

1. Aaron Hill:

   Oh, treacherous night thou lendest thy ready veil to every treason, and teeming mischief's beneath thy shade.

2. Matt Lehenbauer:

   This area of flat plains plus the canyon area makes it treacherous for firefighters.

3. Hussein Abdallah:

   A white wolf is like a black wolf, each is a treacherous hunter.

4. Jose Lopez:

   Many of these families from Venezuela have traveled months on their feet and across the Rio Grande to get here. That is a treacherous trip. And imagine doing that with a three-year-old, i have a two-year-old and a five-year-old at home and the first family I met had a three-year-old girl who just looked around and had no understanding of what was happening. I needed to step away from the table for a minute. Her family was asking for resources. I asked the little girl what she had picked up from the tables. She said,' I just have Mami and Papi.'.

5. Russian President Vladimir Putin:

   If somebody thought that after committing a treacherous war crime -- the killing of our people -- it would be possible to get away with mere restrictions on the trade of tomatoes, or some other restrictions ... then they are grossly mistaken, we shall remind them many times about what they've done, and they will regret what they've done for a long time.

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