BETRAYER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does betrayer mean? 

• BETRAYER (noun)
  The noun BETRAYER has 2 senses:

1. one who reveals confidential information in return for money

2. a person who says one thing and does another

  Familiarity information: BETRAYER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BETRAYER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One who reveals confidential information in return for money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

betrayer; blabber; informer; rat; squealer

Hypernyms ("betrayer" is a kind of...):

informant; source (a person who supplies information)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "betrayer"):

canary; fink; sneak; sneaker; snitch; snitcher; stool pigeon; stoolie; stoolpigeon (someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police)

copper's nark; nark (an informer or spy working for the police)

grass; supergrass (a police informer who implicates many people)

Derivation:

betray (give away information about somebody)

betray (deliver to an enemy by treachery)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who says one thing and does another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

betrayer; double-crosser; double-dealer; traitor; two-timer

Hypernyms ("betrayer" is a kind of...):

beguiler; cheat; cheater; deceiver; slicker; trickster (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "betrayer"):

Judas (someone who betrays under the guise of friendship)

Derivation:

betray (cause someone to believe an untruth)