Synonyms of cheater

cheater

noun

ˈchē-tər 

as in cheat

a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value

gambling casinos have very elaborate means of detecting cheaters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheat
• dodger
• shark
• swindler
• sharper
• skinner
• chiseler
• scammer
• defrauder
• fraudster
• ringer
• confidence man
• trickster
• phony
• sharpie
• fox
• sharpy
• adventurer
• bilk
• imposter
• scamster
• chiseller
• hoaxer
• fakir
• sham
• tricker
• cozener
• pretender
• finagler
• impostor
• bilker
• fake
• faker
• phoney
• charlatan
• rogue
• knave
• sneak
• quack
• smoothie
• mountebank
• rascal
• sneaker
• double-crosser
• bluffer
• double-dealer
• schemer
• gamesman
• prankster
• plotter
• cardsharp
• slickster
• quacksalver
• slicker
• humbug
• blackleg
• cardsharper
• wheeler-dealer
• slick
• fast-talker
• slyboots
• smoothy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cheater

And as part of this there needs to be a tally of those cheaters without E-ZPass who are illegally obscuring or hiding their license plates. —New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2025

These modules—there are at least five of them—involve feelings like empathy for the vulnerable, resentment of cheaters, respect for authority, regard for sanctity, and anger at betrayal. —Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025

Take it from someone who was married to a serial cheater. —Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025

Both of them were even accused of siding with the cheater because they’d both been accused of cheating themselves, so to now hear Bronwyn backtracking and granting Todd far more grace than either of them did to begin with must feel strange. —Tom Smyth, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025