abandoner

noun

Definition of abandonernext
as in traitor

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abandoner
  1. traitor
  2. turncoat
  3. dropout
  4. rebel
  5. insurgent
  6. mutineer
  7. quisling
  8. turnabout
Noun
  • Three ‘traitors’ are given the opportunity to ‘murder’ contestants, while remaining ‘faithfuls’ have to smoke them out, and the group compete in daily challenges to keep the prize fund steady.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Like Trump, Carlson appeals to his base by positioning himself as a class traitor—not a man of the people, exactly, but an apostate from the cosmopolitan élite.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of traitor
Noun
  • Others to Watch: Marc Andreessen: A vc worth $1.9 billion, Andreessen made waves as an ex-Democrat donating to pro-Trump groups—among the first key Silicon Valley turncoats—and went to Mar-A-Lago on election night.
    Joe Walsh, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Some of you certainly want Cowboy-loving turncoat Isaac shipped off to Axios Dallas, pronto.
    Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of turncoat
Noun
  • High school dropout turned billionaire Jared Isaacman has collaborated twice with SpaceX to go on missions to outer space—but for a good cause.
    Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 5 Dec. 2024
  • And dropouts are inevitably a problem for the community at large and not just for those individuals.
    Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of dropout
Noun
  • At the Court of Justice in Damascus, which was stormed by the rebels to free detainees, Judge Khitam Haddad, an aide to the justice minister in the outgoing government, said Sunday that judges were ready to resume work quickly.
    SARAH EL DEEB, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • As Bashar al-Assad's government collapsed and Syrian rebels rose to power, Israel embarked on an extensive bombing campaign, purportedly aimed at disarming extremists who may rise to power during the unrest.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of rebel
Noun
  • The country is now largely under the control of an insurgent group named Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Initially a religious movement focused on promoting Yemen's Zaidi Shiite Muslim community, Ansar Allah grew into a powerful insurgent group that captured large swathes of northern territory, including Sanaa, between late 2014 and early 2015.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of insurgent
Noun
  • The two who came closest to challenging him—the opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the mutineer Yevgeny Prigozhin—are now dead.
    Peter Schroeder, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2024
  • While Musk was on his honeymoon, Botha and other mutineers met with PayPal’s lead investors to make their case.
    Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 25 July 2024
Definition of mutineer
Noun
  • Erdogan, meanwhile, lambasted Kilicdaroglu as a quisling who is in cahoots with the West and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, a Kurdish separatist group that both Ankara and Washington consider a terrorist entity.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023
  • And Kilicdaroglu was an easy mark for Erdogan, who has belittled him for years and cast him during the campaign as both a terrorist and a quisling for Western interests — accusations that stuck in the minds of some voters.
    Kareem Fahim, Washington Post, 27 May 2023
Definition of quisling
Noun
  • The growth in recent weeks extends a remarkable turnabout for the once-beleaguered crypto industry.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
  • This year’s public comments are a remarkable turnabout.
    Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of turnabout
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