betray
English Thesaurus
1. give away information about somebody (verb.communication)
| hypernym | : | inform, |
| definition | : | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to (verb.communication) |
| hyponym | : | sell out, |
| definition | : | give information that compromises others (verb.communication) |
2. cause someone to believe an untruth (verb.communication)
| hypernym | : | misinform, mislead, |
| definition | : | give false or misleading information to (verb.communication) |
| hyponym | : | impersonate, personate, pose, |
| definition | : | pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions (verb.communication) |
| hyponym | : | befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in, |
| definition | : | fool or hoax (verb.communication) |
3. reveal unintentionally (verb.communication)
| hypernym | : | break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap, |
| definition | : | make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret (verb.communication) |
4. disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake (verb.emotion)
| hypernym | : | disappoint, let down, |
| definition | : | fail to meet the hopes or expectations of (verb.emotion) |
5. deliver to an enemy by treachery (verb.social)
| hyponym | : | double cross, |
| definition | : | betray by double-dealing (verb.social) |
| verb group | : | sell, |
| definition | : | give up for a price or reward (verb.possession) |
6. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage (verb.social)
| hyponym | : | two-time, |
| definition | : | carry on a romantic relationship with two people at the same time (verb.social) |
7. give away information about somebody (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | informing, ratting, |
| definition | : | to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors) (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | dump, shit, |
| definition | : | a coarse term for defecation (noun.process) |
8. cause someone to believe an untruth (verb.communication)
| antonym | : | undeceive, |
| definition | : | free from deception or illusion (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | deceptive, misleading, shoddy, |
| definition | : | designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | deceptive, delusory, |
| definition | : | causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true (adj.all) |
9. deliver to an enemy by treachery (verb.social)
10. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage (verb.social)
| derivation | : | cuckold, |
| definition | : | a man whose wife committed adultery (noun.person) |
11. give away information about somebody (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | informing, ratting, |
| definition | : | to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors) (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | dump, shit, |
| definition | : | a coarse term for defecation (noun.process) |
12. cause someone to believe an untruth (verb.communication)
| antonym | : | undeceive, |
| definition | : | free from deception or illusion (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | deceptive, misleading, shoddy, |
| definition | : | designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | deceptive, delusory, |
| definition | : | causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true (adj.all) |
13. deliver to an enemy by treachery (verb.social)
14. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage (verb.social)
| derivation | : | cuckold, |
| definition | : | a man whose wife committed adultery (noun.person) |
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