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
  • The remaining players will therefore have to rely on their instincts to know whether there is still a traitor left in the game.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Dumitrescu The Treachery of Translation Three novels explore the idea of translators as traitors to themselves.
    Justin Salhani, The Dial, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of traitor
Noun
  • From the rioters who breached the Capitol building to the lawmakers trapped inside, from Trump-world turncoats, to the now president-elect himself, many who joined or were caught up in the riot are still living with fallout from the January 6 of four years ago.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Yikes, the generative AI has somehow gone turncoat.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of turncoat
Noun
  • Her mother, a high-school dropout, had given birth to her at the age of eighteen, and Boebert never knew her biological father.
    Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Around 39% of US college students end up dropping out, and, among dropouts, 30% say that the school or program was not the right fit for them.
    Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of dropout
Noun
  • In The Rise of Skywalker, the rebels manage to amass an army and take the fight to the evil Emperor Palpatine, who threatened to take over the galaxy with the biggest military force ever seen.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Their nations have also tried to coordinate on policies toward Syria, where rebels recently toppled Bashar al-Assad, the longtime dictator.
    Edward Wong, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of rebel
Noun
  • In Myanmar, where the government regards any aid entering conflict zones as support for insurgents, that can mean international groups operate almost clandestinely to get lifesaving provisions to the local groups that can distribute them.
    Karl Vick, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
  • While the military did not disclose details about the individuals killed, Balochistan has long been a hotspot for insurgent activity.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of insurgent
Noun
  • The mutineers requested political asylum but instead were imprisoned by the Cambodian government.
    Roberto Loiederman, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2025
  • The games remain incomplete, and may in fact remain that way depending on what the Front Man decides to do with Gi-hun and all of the other mutineers.
    Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2025
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
  • Pakistan’s frustrations with the Taliban represent a sharp turnabout.
    Zia ur-Rehman, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Could an election spark such a dramatic turnabout for the nation’s entrepreneurs?
    Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of turnabout
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