Turncoat

//ˈtɝn.koʊt//

Synonyms for "turncoat" (112 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Verb(3 words)
assfuckbetrayburn

Strong matches (33)

Noun(2 words)
defectordeserter

Related words (56)

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Translations

67 translations across 26 languages.

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Armenian

4 entries
  • դավաճան noun (traitor)
  • ուրացող noun (traitor)
  • ռենեգատ noun (traitor)
  • փախստակ noun (traitor)

Bashkir

3 entries
  • хаин noun (traitor)
  • хыянатсы noun (traitor)
  • һатлыҡ noun (traitor)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • здра́днiк noun (traitor)
  • перабе́жчык noun (traitor)
  • рэнэга́т noun (traitor)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • изменник noun (traitor)
  • ренегат noun (traitor)

Catalan

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  • trànsfuga noun (traitor)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 叛徒 noun (traitor)

Danish

1 entries
  • vendekåbe noun (traitor)

Dutch

4 entries
  • afvallige noun (traitor)
  • deserteur noun (traitor)
  • renegaat noun (traitor)
  • verrader noun (traitor)

Finnish

2 entries
  • takinkääntäjä noun (traitor)
  • kääntää takkinsa verb (to betray)

French

3 entries
  • apostat noun (traitor)
  • renégat noun (traitor)
  • traître noun (traitor)

Galician

4 entries
  • chaqueteiro noun (traitor)
  • defector noun (traitor)
  • desertor noun (traitor)
  • traidor noun (traitor)

German

4 entries
  • Überläufer noun (traitor)
  • Überläuferin noun (traitor)
  • Verräter verb (to betray)
  • Wendehals verb (to betray)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • köpönyegforgató noun (traitor)

Irish

1 entries
  • cat breac noun (traitor)

Italian

4 entries
  • banderuola noun (traitor)
  • giravolta noun (traitor)
  • pentito noun (traitor)
  • traditore noun (traitor)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 裏切り者 noun (traitor)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • вртикапа noun (traitor)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • forræder noun (traitor)
  • overløper noun (traitor)

Polish

1 entries
  • zdrajca noun (traitor)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • vira-casaca noun (traitor)

Russian

3 entries
  • перебе́жчик noun (traitor)
  • преда́тель noun (traitor)
  • ренега́т noun (traitor)

Spanish

4 entries
  • cambiacasaca noun (traitor)
  • chaquetero noun (traitor)
  • renegado noun (traitor)
  • tránsfuga noun (traitor)

Swahili

1 entries
  • popo noun (traitor)

Swedish

3 entries
  • kappvändare noun (traitor)
  • någon som vänder kappan efter vinden noun (traitor)
  • överlöpare noun (traitor)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • зра́дник noun (traitor)
  • пере́вертень noun (traitor)
  • перебі́жчик noun (traitor)
  • ренега́т noun (traitor)

Welsh

1 entries
  • gwrthgiliwr noun (traitor)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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Tom is a turncoat.

Source: tatoeba (4379079)

Meddle in your own matters, you turncoat.

Source: tatoeba (7367485)

Our military is led by a turncoat who cannot be trusted.

Source: tatoeba (11997672)

But some will cry Turncoat, and rip up old stories, / How I always pretended to be for the tories: […]

Source: wiktionary

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