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Cheat

🔄 Synonyms of "Cheat"

23 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
beatverb	A stroke; a blow.
swindlenoun	(ambitransitive) To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods.
chicanenoun	(motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve.
deceivernoun	A person who lies or deceives.
screwnoun	A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.
betrayverb	(transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
chousenoun	(US, of cattle) To handle roughly, as by chasing or scaring.
tricksternoun	One who plays tricks or pranks on others.
cuckoldnoun	A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
tarenoun	The empty weight of a container; unladen weight.
cheatingnoun	An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
rip offverb	(transitive, slang) To cheat or swindle, especially by charging an excessively high or unfair price.
jockeynoun	One who rides racehorses competitively.
cheaternoun	Someone who cheats; something that cheats.
cheat onverb	(colloquial, idiomatic, transitive) To be unfaithful to, especially in a romantic relationship.
darnelnoun	Any of genus Lolium of grasses, especially as a weed in wheat fields.
sell shortverb	(transitive, finance) To engage in the process of short selling (selling a stock one does not own on the premise of the stock's price going down).
bearded darnelnoun	weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
lolium temulentum	Lolium temulentum, typically known as darnel, poison darnel, darnel ryegrass or cockle, is an annual plant of the genus Lolium within the family Poaceae.
bromus secalinus	a species of bromegrass known as rye brome.
chessnoun	A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
shaftnoun	The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
wanderverb	(intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cheat"

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Word	Definition
swindlenoun	(ambitransitive) To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods.
cheaternoun	Someone who cheats; something that cheats.
betrayverb	(transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
chousenoun	(US, of cattle) To handle roughly, as by chasing or scaring.
chicanenoun	(motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve.
deceivernoun	A person who lies or deceives.
wanderverb	(intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
tricksternoun	One who plays tricks or pranks on others.
cheat onverb	(colloquial, idiomatic, transitive) To be unfaithful to, especially in a romantic relationship.
beatverb	A stroke; a blow.
cuckoldnoun	A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
sell shortverb	(transitive, finance) To engage in the process of short selling (selling a stock one does not own on the premise of the stock's price going down).
rip offverb	(transitive, slang) To cheat or swindle, especially by charging an excessively high or unfair price.
shaftnoun	The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
jockeynoun	One who rides racehorses competitively.
screwnoun	A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.
chessnoun	A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
tarenoun	The empty weight of a container; unladen weight.
darnelnoun	Any of genus Lolium of grasses, especially as a weed in wheat fields.
bearded darnelnoun	weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous