Synonyms for
Cheats
Definition
to act dishonestly or unfairly to gain an advantage
Synonyms & similar words
rig
cheaton
darnel
shaft
deceiver
jockey
screw
trickster
cheater
tare
chouse
beardeddarnel
chess
cuckold
ripoff
chicane
wander
loliumtemulentum
bromussecalinus
slicker
cheat
swindle
cheating
chisel
betray
deceive
trick
swindle
defraud
dupe
hoodwink
mislead
betray
double-cross
fool
bamboozle
gyp
scam
shortchange
sting
victimize
chisel
outmaneuver
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Antonyms
Common collocations
- cheat on a test
- cheat at cards
- cheat someone out of
- cheat death
- cheat the system
- cheat sheet
- cheat code
Word family
Usage note
The word 'cheats' can refer to the act of cheating or a person who cheats. As a verb, it implies unfair or dishonest behavior to gain an advantage.
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Example sentences
- She cheats in board games by sneaking extra pieces.
- He cheats on his girlfriend by texting other girls.
- They cheat in sports by taking performance-enhancing drugs.
- The company cheats its employees by not paying them enough.
- The student cheats on the test by looking at his notes.
Quotes
Cheats never prosper.
Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.
Cheating is easy. There's no swank to infidelity. To borrow against the trust someone has placed in you costs nothing at first. You get away with it, you take a little more and a little more until there is no more to draw on. Oddly, your hands should be full with all that taking but when you open them there's nothing there.