traitors

NOUN

person who is disloyal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

conspirator deserter hypocrite impostor informer renegade spy turncoat

STRONG

Judas apostate backslider betrayer deceiver defector double-crosser fink intriguer miscreant quisling rebel snake sneak snitch snitcher squealer tattletale traducer treasonist two-timer whistle-blower wolf

WEAK

Benedict Arnold back-stabber stool pigeon

Antonyms

WEAK

loyalist

Example Sentences

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After Rachel successfully completed the task, it was confirmed the secret traitor's identity would be revealed in the next episode.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

First, lest a battalion of straw men be hung at traitor’s gate, we must recognise that there is nothing inherently reactionary about people being proud of where they are from or what their ancestors did.

From The Guardian • Jan. 3, 2020

You can see it in the words of freedom and tolerance written by men who risked a traitor’s death to write them.

From Washington Times • Jul. 9, 2019

This is not, it should be said, a story of self-hating Britons, of a traitor’s venom.

From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2012

"I swore I would never treat with you while you wore your traitor's crown. Would that I had kept to that vow."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin