Synonyms of treachery

treachery

noun

ˈtre-chə-rē 

as in betrayal

the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another

was furious that she revealed his secret and never forgave her for the treachery

Synonyms & Similar Words

• betrayal
• treason
• deception
• perfidy
• disloyalty
• deceit
• infidelity
• backstabbing
• faithlessness
• abandonment
• lying
• falseness
• unfaithfulness
• double cross
• sellout
• falsity
• business
• two-timing
• duplicity
• desertion
• double-dealing
• guile
• fraud
• trickery
• informing
• two-facedness
• snitching
• talebearing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loyalty
• allegiance
• fidelity
• devotion
• faithfulness
• fealty
• steadfastness
• reliability
• defense
• protection
• trustworthiness
• dependability
• staunchness
• shield
• safeguard

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of treachery

Politics is full of deceit, treachery, and betrayal. . . . —Quintus Tullius Cicero, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2012

Triumph shadowed by treachery became the dynamic of both the revolution and his life. —Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2017

Each of these collective nouns expresses something about the communal experience—the challenges of decision-making, the loudness of many voices, the treachery of intimacy, the delights of it. —Lola Milholland, TIME, 3 Sep. 2024

De Palma examined the quagmire of entertainment and politics, ambition and ethics and treachery in a world still haunted by the reality of political assassination yet hidden by propaganda and celebrity fever. —Armond White, National Review, 14 Aug. 2024