cheat
English Thesaurus
1. a deception for profit to yourself (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | gerrymander, |
| definition | : | an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage) (noun.act) |
2. the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | fraud, |
| definition | : | intentional deception resulting in injury to another person (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | cozenage, scam, |
| definition | : | a fraudulent business scheme (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting, |
| definition | : | a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | pyramiding, |
| definition | : | a fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | holdout, |
| definition | : | the act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use later (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | swiz, |
| definition | : | British slang for a swindle (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | shell game, thimblerig, |
| definition | : | a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under (noun.act) |
3. someone who leads you to believe something that is not true (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | offender, wrongdoer, |
| definition | : | a person who transgresses moral or civil law (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | bluffer, four-flusher, |
| definition | : | a person who tries to bluff other people (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | decoy, steerer, |
| definition | : | a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | falsifier, |
| definition | : | someone who falsifies (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | finagler, wangler, |
| definition | : | a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | fortune hunter, |
| definition | : | a person who seeks wealth through marriage (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | imitator, impersonator, |
| definition | : | someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, |
| definition | : | a person who makes deceitful pretenses (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | liar, prevaricator, |
| definition | : | a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | misleader, |
| definition | : | someone who leads astray (often deliberately) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | charlatan, mountebank, |
| definition | : | a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | obscurantist, |
| definition | : | a person who is deliberately vague (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | sandbagger, |
| definition | : | someone who deceives you about his true nature or intent in order to take advantage of you (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | two-timer, |
| definition | : | someone who deceives a lover or spouse by carrying on a sexual relationship with somebody else (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | utterer, |
| definition | : | someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins (noun.person) |
4. weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | brome, bromegrass, |
| definition | : | any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions (noun.plant) |
5. weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | rye grass, ryegrass, |
| definition | : | any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses (noun.plant) |
6. defeat someone through trickery or deceit (verb.competition)
7. deprive somebody of something by deceit (verb.social)
| hyponym | : | gazump, |
| definition | : | raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price (verb.possession) |
| hyponym | : | cozen, |
| definition | : | cheat or trick (verb.possession) |
| hyponym | : | bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize, |
| definition | : | deprive of by deceit (verb.social) |
| hyponym | : | bilk, |
| definition | : | cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money (verb.social) |
| hyponym | : | beat, bunk, |
| definition | : | avoid paying (verb.social) |
| hyponym | : | whipsaw, |
| definition | : | victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations (verb.social) |
| hyponym | : | welch, welsh, |
| definition | : | cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt (verb.social) |
8. engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud (verb.social)
| hyponym | : | job, |
| definition | : | profit privately from public office and official business (verb.social) |
| hyponym | : | shark, |
| definition | : | play the shark; act with trickery (verb.social) |
| hyponym | : | rig, set up, |
| definition | : | arrange the outcome of by means of deceit (verb.social) |
| hyponym | : | cozen, |
| definition | : | act with artful deceit (verb.social) |
| hyponym | : | crib, |
| definition | : | use a crib, as in an exam (verb.social) |
9. 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) |
10. a deception for profit to yourself (noun.act)
| derivation | : | cheat, chisel, rip off, |
| definition | : | deprive somebody of something by deceit (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | cheat, chisel, |
| definition | : | engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud (verb.social) |
11. the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme (noun.act)
| derivation | : | manipulate, rig, |
| definition | : | manipulate in a fraudulent manner (verb.possession) |
| derivation | : | bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize, |
| definition | : | deprive of by deceit (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | rig, set up, |
| definition | : | arrange the outcome of by means of deceit (verb.social) |
12. someone who leads you to believe something that is not true (noun.person)
| derivation | : | fast one, trick, |
| definition | : | a cunning or deceitful action or device (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | trick, |
| definition | : | an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | cheat, chisel, rip off, |
| definition | : | deprive somebody of something by deceit (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | cheat, chisel, |
| definition | : | engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud (verb.social) |
13. defeat someone through trickery or deceit (verb.competition)
| derivation | : | cheat, rig, swindle, |
| definition | : | the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme (noun.act) |
14. deprive somebody of something by deceit (verb.social)
| derivation | : | cheat, cheating, |
| definition | : | a deception for profit to yourself (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | heist, rip-off, |
| definition | : | the act of stealing (noun.act) |
15. engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud (verb.social)
| derivation | : | cheat, cheating, |
| definition | : | a deception for profit to yourself (noun.act) |
16. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage (verb.social)
| derivation | : | cuckold, |
| definition | : | a man whose wife committed adultery (noun.person) |
17. a deception for profit to yourself (noun.act)
| derivation | : | cheat, chisel, rip off, |
| definition | : | deprive somebody of something by deceit (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | cheat, chisel, |
| definition | : | engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud (verb.social) |
18. the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme (noun.act)
| derivation | : | manipulate, rig, |
| definition | : | manipulate in a fraudulent manner (verb.possession) |
| derivation | : | bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize, |
| definition | : | deprive of by deceit (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | rig, set up, |
| definition | : | arrange the outcome of by means of deceit (verb.social) |
19. someone who leads you to believe something that is not true (noun.person)
| derivation | : | fast one, trick, |
| definition | : | a cunning or deceitful action or device (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | trick, |
| definition | : | an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | cheat, chisel, rip off, |
| definition | : | deprive somebody of something by deceit (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | cheat, chisel, |
| definition | : | engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud (verb.social) |
20. defeat someone through trickery or deceit (verb.competition)
| derivation | : | cheat, rig, swindle, |
| definition | : | the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme (noun.act) |
21. deprive somebody of something by deceit (verb.social)
| derivation | : | cheat, cheating, |
| definition | : | a deception for profit to yourself (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | heist, rip-off, |
| definition | : | the act of stealing (noun.act) |
22. engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud (verb.social)
| derivation | : | cheat, cheating, |
| definition | : | a deception for profit to yourself (noun.act) |
23. 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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