Synonyms for betray
bɪˈtreɪbe·tray

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1. betray

   Synonyms:
   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

   Antonyms:
   bury, cloak, conceal, cover, disguise, dissemble, entomb, hide, inter, mask, overwhelm, screen, secrete, suppress, veil

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1. betray

   Synonyms:
   deceive, delude, dupe, circumvent, ensnare, dishonor, manifest, indicate, reveal

   Antonyms:
   protect, preserve, guard, conserve, foster, cherish, fence, conceal, cover, suppress

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1. 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, fail

2. betray, 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, deal

3. fail, 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, rat

4. cheat 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, rat

5. denounce, 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 out

6. deceive, 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

Matched Categories

1. • Deceive
   • Disclose
   • Let Down

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1. betrayverb

   Synonyms:
   deliver up (by breach of trust), give up treacherously

2. betrayverb

   Synonyms:
   violate the confidence of, disclose the secrets of, deceive by treachery

3. betrayverb

   Synonyms:
   discover, divulge, reveal, tell, blab, show, make known

4. betrayverb

   Synonyms:
   mislead, lure, insnare, entrap, inveigle

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1. 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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1. List of paraphrases for "betray":

   betrayal, disappoint

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1. Jeremy Corbyn:

   I was democratically elected leader of our party for a new kind of politics by 60 percent of Labour members and supporters, and I will not betray them by resigning.

2. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg:

   One cannot demand of a scholar that he show himself a scholar everywhere in society, but the whole tenor of his behavior must none the less betray the thinker, he must always be instructive, his way of judging a thing must even in the smallest matters be such that people can see what it will amount to when, quietly and self-collected, he puts this power to scholarly use.

3. Joe Biden:

   Putin's actions betray his sinister vision for the future of our world, one where nations take what they want by force. But it is a vision that the United States and freedom-loving nations everywhere will oppose with every tool of our considerable power.

4. Nelson Smith:

   There has always been communication between lenders and authorizers generally, we want it to be more fruitful and more efficient. Some of the stories about lender-authorizer communications betray a certain informality. While you want a friendly open relationship you need to know what the official record is saying and what decisions the authorizing body is making.

5. Benjamin Strauss:

   World leaders have a fleeting opportunity to help or betray the future of humanity with their actions today on climate change, climate Impact Research in Germany and the images created from Climate Impact Research in Germany illustrate the enormous stakes behind the climate talks in Glasgow.