noun
Meaning 1
Someone who cheats; something that cheats.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cheat
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cheater
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈt͡ʃiːtɚ/
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rhymes with -iːtə(ɹ)
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homophone: cheetah (non-rhotic)
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CMU ARPABET: CH IY1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Someone who cheats; something that cheats.
Synonym of adulterer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cheat, adulterer
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Something that a person uses while cheating (i.e., either literally or figuratively cheating).
An improvised breaker bar made from a length of pipe and a wrench (spanner), usually used to free screws, bolts, etc. that are difficult to remove with a ratchet or wrench alone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Something that a person uses while cheating (i.e., either literally or figuratively cheating).
Any of various auxiliary lenses added to the visor of a welding hood to improve visibility, such as by providing refractive correction for presbyopia or providing magnification (e.g., 2×, 5×, 10×).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
An escheater.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deceiver, cheat, trickster, beguiler, slicker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wrongdoer, offender
Narrower terms: bluffer, four-flusher, swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter, decoy, steerer, dodger, fox, slyboots, double-crosser, double-dealer, two-timer, betrayer, traitor, embezzler, defalcator, peculator, falsifier, finagler, wangler, forger, counterfeiter, fortune hunter, front man, front, figurehead, nominal head, straw man, strawman, hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretender, impersonator, imitator, imposter, impostor, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player, liar, prevaricator, misleader, mountebank, charlatan, obscurantist, sandbagger, utterer
History
Etymology
From cheat + -er. The sense referring to welding hood lenses was inspired by cheaters (plural) as a pair of reading glasses.
From Middle English chetour, a variant of eschetour, from Old French eschetour, escheteur, equivalent to escheat + -er.
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: غشّاش (ḡəššæš) — someone who cheats
- Arabic: غشّاشة (ḡəššæša) — someone who cheats
- Bulgarian: измамник (izmamnik) — someone who cheats
- Bulgarian: моше́ник (mošénik) — someone who cheats
- Catalan: trampós — someone who cheats
- Catalan: tramposa — someone who cheats
- Catalan: trampista — someone who cheats
- Chinese Mandarin: 騙子 /骗子 (piànzi) — someone who cheats
- Chinese Mandarin: 作弊者 (zuòbìzhě) — someone who cheats
- Dutch: bedrieger — someone who cheats
- Dutch: valsspeler — someone who cheats
- Finnish: huijari — someone who cheats
- French: menteur — someone who cheats
- French: tricheur — someone who cheats
- French: tricheuse — someone who cheats
- Georgian: მოღალატე (moɣalaṭe) — someone who cheats
- Georgian: გამყიდველი (gamq̇idveli) — someone who cheats
- German: Betrüger — someone who cheats
- German: Schwindler — someone who cheats
- Greek: απατεώνας (apateónas) — someone who cheats
- Ancient Greek: ἀπατεών (apateṓn) — someone who cheats
- Hindi: छलिया (chaliyā) — someone who cheats
- Hindi: ठग (ṭhag) — someone who cheats
- Hungarian: csaló — someone who cheats
- Hungarian: szélhámos — someone who cheats
- Irish: séitéir — someone who cheats
- Irish: bithiúnach — someone who cheats
- Irish: caimiléir — someone who cheats
- Italian: imbroglione — someone who cheats
- Italian: truffatore — someone who cheats
- Italian: pelagatti — someone who cheats
- Japanese: 詐欺師 — someone who cheats
- Latin: fraudātor — someone who cheats
- Macedonian: измамник (izmamnik) — someone who cheats
- Macedonian: илеџија (iledžija) — someone who cheats
- Māori: kaipurei tāhae — someone who cheats
- Norwegian: juksepave — someone who cheats
- Polish: oszust — someone who cheats
- Polish: oszustka — someone who cheats
- Polish: zdrajca — someone who cheats
- Polish: zdrajczyni — someone who cheats
- Portuguese: trapaceiro — someone who cheats
- Portuguese: batoteiro — someone who cheats
- Russian: обма́нщик (obmánščik) — someone who cheats
- Russian: обма́нщица (obmánščica) — someone who cheats
- Russian: моше́нник (mošénnik) — someone who cheats
- Russian: моше́нница (mošénnica) — someone who cheats
- Sanskrit: धूर्त (dhūrta) — someone who cheats
- Spanish: tramposo — someone who cheats
- Spanish: fullero — someone who cheats
- Spanish: tahúr — someone who cheats
- Spanish: jaranero — someone who cheats
- Swedish: skojare — someone who cheats
- Swedish: fuskare — someone who cheats
- Ukrainian: шахра́й (šaxráj) — someone who cheats
- Ukrainian: обма́нщик (obmánščyk) — someone who cheats
- Walloon: tructeu — someone who cheats
- Walloon: tructeuse — someone who cheats
- Walloon: frawtineu — someone who cheats
- Walloon: frawtineuse — someone who cheats