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Synonyms for treacherous
ˈtrɛtʃ ər əstreach·er·ous

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Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. treacherous, unreliableadjective

    dangerously unstable and unpredictable

    "treacherous winding roads"; "an unreliable trestle"

    Synonyms:
    perfidious, punic, undependable, unreliable

    Antonyms:
    faithful, safe

  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"

    Synonyms:
    perfidious, unreliable, punic

    Antonyms:
    faithful, safe

Dictionary of English Synonymes1.0 / 1 vote

  1. treacherousadjective

    Synonyms:
    traitorous, perfidious, faithless, unfaithful, false, deceitful, insidious, disloyal, recreant, treasonable

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. treacherousadjective

    Synonyms:
    traitorous, perfidious, faithless

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "treacherous":

    traitor, tricksy, perfidious, insidious, perilous, dangerous, deadbeat

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#2392false
#4178dangerous
#7137lying
#15352fraudulent
#21863unreliable
#27285dishonest
#30218untrue
#32281faithless
#32443traitor
#37389treacherous
#38412hypocritical
#38566perilous
#39559insidious
#40826unscrupulous
#50824unfaithful
#55524deceitful
#60164disingenuous
#60576deadbeat
#106765punic
#118674traitorous
#128190perfidious
#174612mendacious
#252790undependable

How to use treacherous in a sentence?

  1. 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.'.

  2. Hussein Abdallah:

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

  3. Matt Lehenbauer:

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

  4. Coast Guard:

    The seas of Antarctica are treacherous and unforgiving, this incident is a sobering reminder of the importance of the U.S. icebreaker fleet as we see increased human activity in the polar regions.

  5. Chris Jackson/Getty Images Harry:

    I ’d always imagined the tunnel as some treacherous passageway, inherently dangerous, but it was just a short, simple, no-frills tunnel.


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