CHEAT
/tʃiːt/ ► audio Scrabble 10 Words With Friends 10
Definition
- verb deprive somebody of something by deceit.
— synonyms: rip_off, chisel
- verb defeat someone through trickery or deceit.
— synonyms: chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey
- verb engage in deceitful behavior.
— synonyms: chisel
- verb be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage.
— synonyms: cheat_on, cuckold, betray, wander
- noun weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land.
— synonyms: darnel, tare, bearded_darnel, Lolium_temulentum
- noun weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat.
— synonyms: chess, Bromus_secalinus
- noun someone who leads you to believe something that is not true.
— synonyms: deceiver, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
- noun the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme.
— synonyms: swindle, rig
- noun a deception for profit to yourself.
— synonyms: cheating
Examples
- “My brother flunked biology because he cheated on his mid-term.”
- “After he found out his wife cheated, he left her.”
- “He cheated death when his car collided with a moving train.”
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