Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Adjective

Verb

The word "cheating" can be used as noun, adjective, adjective and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

class

Capable Of

end relationship

Causes

getting caught

Causes Desire

get divorce stop being married to

Derived Terms

anticheating cheatingly contract cheating cybercheating noncheating uncheating

Inflected/Variant Forms

cheat

Context

cinematography

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

deceit deception dissembling dissimulation

Type Of (IsA)

deceiving human sexual behavior immoral act multiple doer action social event

Part Of

affair

Related Terms

Cheating in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Related Terms

adulterous cheat cheater deception fraud imposition imposture infidelity trickery underhand unfaithful unsporting

Similar Terms

unfair unfaithful unjust

Synonym Network

adulterous cheat unsportsmanlike

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.