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Antonyms for betray
bɪˈtreɪbe·tray
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term betray.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
betray
Antonyms:
bury, cloak, conceal, cover, disguise, dissemble, entomb, hide, inter, mask, overwhelm, screen, secrete, suppress, veilSynonyms:
admit, advertise, avow, confess, disclose, discover, disinter, divulge, exhibit, exhume, expose, lay bare, lay open, make known, reveal, manifest, promulgate, publish, raise, show, tell, uncover, unmask, unveil
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Princeton's WordNet
betray, bewrayverb
reveal unintentionally
"Her smile betrayed her true feelings"
Synonyms:
cuckold, cheat on, sell, bewray, deceive, give away, shit, stag, lead astray, shop, cheat, wander, rat, snitch, denounce, tell on, grass, failbetray, sellverb
deliver to an enemy by treachery
"Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country"
Synonyms:
cuckold, cheat on, sell, bewray, deceive, give away, shit, stag, lead astray, trade, shop, cheat, wander, rat, snitch, denounce, tell on, grass, fail, dealfail, betrayverb
disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
"His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis"
Synonyms:
bomb, stag, conk out, deceive, fail, flunk, miscarry, sell, go bad, bewray, snitch, give way, flush it, lead astray, cheat, shit, give away, grass, neglect, break, wander, give out, shop, go, go wrong, die, run out, break down, denounce, cuckold, tell on, cheat on, ratcheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wanderverb
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
"She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
Synonyms:
roll, vagabond, shaft, stag, wind, meander, ramble, thread, chicane, screw, deceive, range, fail, stray, sell, bewray, chouse, snitch, lead astray, roam, cheat, shit, give away, grass, wander, rip off, shop, chisel, cast, divagate, weave, digress, jockey, swan, tramp, rove, denounce, cuckold, drift, tell on, cheat on, ratdenounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stagverb
give away information about somebody
"He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
Synonyms:
thieve, cop, hook, buy at, stag, let on, mark, stool, reveal, spy, disclose, deceive, expose, defecate, fail, take a shit, frequent, sell, browse, bewray, snoop, snitch, make, brand, fink, lead astray, ca-ca, cheat, shit, give away, grass, break, wander, sleuth, sponsor, crap, shop, glom, grass over, divulge, stigmatize, patronise, shop at, stigmatise, knock off, blackleg, bring out, take a crap, denounce, cuckold, unwrap, patronize, tell on, cheat on, discover, scab, rat, let outdeceive, betray, lead astrayverb
cause someone to believe an untruth
"The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"
Synonyms:
cuckold, cheat on, lead astray, misguide, grass, bewray, deceive, delude, give away, lead on, shit, stag, shop, cozen, mislead, misdirect, wander, rat, cheat, denounce, tell on, snitch, sell, fail, lead off
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
betrayverb
Synonyms:
seduce, mislead, delude, beguile, inveigle, reveal, disclose, give up treacherously, give over to the enemy, act the traitor, be false to
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How to use betray in a sentence?
Fundamentally, you're still going to have the same basic policy outcome for the country, these plainly-worded statements, made in the months leading up to and contemporaneous with the signing of the Executive Order, and, in many cases, made by the Executive himself, betray the Executive Order's stated secular purpose.
Slamming the door in the face of refugees would betray our deepest values. That's not who we are. And it's not what we're going to do.
If we break those promises, if we betray those and abandon those who served alongside us, people are going to remember that, not only those Afghans we betray, but also, in any potential future conflict, we are going to be looked at as a country that doesn’t keep our promises, that will cut and run, that will turn our backs on our allies, that will, frankly, be a country that can’t be trusted.I think that will be incredibly detrimental to our national security in the long term.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.Zelensky:
The world has seen that Ukrainians are powerful, Ukrainians are courageous, they're on their native land, and they're never going to give it up to anyone. They will never betray it.
Your looks betray your thoughts.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#846 | cover | |
#1049 | screen | |
#2157 | protect | |
#2880 | hide | |
#3541 | guard | |
#4460 | foster | |
#4501 | inter | |
#5519 | mask | |
#6750 | preserve | |
#8175 | fence | |
#13987 | bury | |
#16683 | suppress | |
#17738 | veil | |
#19974 | conserve | |
#21091 | disguise | |
#21182 | cloak | |
#24594 | conceal | |
#25495 | cherish | |
#37100 | betray | |
#39035 | overwhelm | |
#61300 | secrete | |
#181493 | dissemble |
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