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

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

This season of The Traitors has some of reality TV’s biggest stars coming together to play the psychological competition game of treachery and deceit, along with host Alan Cumming. —Ryan Fleming, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2024

An escalation of fiery battles and royal treachery felt like the logical next step for a series chronicling how the Targaryens fell from grace in the past and sowed seeds that would go on to save the world in the distant future. —Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 7 Aug. 2024

But Litvinenko’s real crime, in the eyes of the Kremlin, was treachery, not terrorism. —Edward Lucas, Foreign Affairs, 26 Jan. 2016