Cheat
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
cheat (verb)transitive verb
1.
to deprive of something valuable by the use of deceit or fraud
2.
to influence or lead by deceit, trick, or artifice
3.
intransitive verb
to elude or thwart by or as if by outwitting - cheat death
1.
a) to practice fraud or trickery
b) to violate rules dishonestly - cheat at cards cheating on a test
2.
to be sexually unfaithful - usually used with on was cheating on his wife
3.
to position oneself defensively near a particular area in anticipation of a play in that area - the shortstop was cheating toward second base
1.
the act or an instance of fraudulently deceiving - deception fraud
2.
one that - cheats pretender deceiver
3.
probably from a deceptive resemblance to grain
a) - chess
b) - cheatgrass
4.
the obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
cheat (noun)a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
SYNONYMS:
bilk, bilker, cheat, cheater, chiseler ( chiseller), confidence man, cozener, defrauder, dodger, fakir, finagler, fraudster, hoaxer, scammer, scamster, shark, sharper, sharpie ( sharpy), skinner, swindler, trickerRELATED WORDS:
double-crosser, double-dealer; bluffer, charlatan, fake, faker, humbug, impostor ( imposter), mountebank, phony ( phoney), pretender, quack, quacksalver, ringer, sham; adventurer, fox, gamesman, knave, prankster, rascal, rogue; fast-talker, slick, slicker, slickster, slyboots, smoothy ( smoothie), wheeler-dealer; plotter, schemer, sneak, sneaker; blackleg, cardsharp ( cardsharper)1.
to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal
SYNONYMS:
chicane, finagle, fudgeRELATED WORDS:
crib; color, distort, falsify, misinterpret, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, twist, warp; doctor, fake, tamper (with); elaborate, embellish, embroider, exaggerate, magnify, pad, stretch; dodge, evade, hedge2.
to be sexually unfaithful
SYNONYMS:
philander, screw around, step outRELATED WORDS:
cat (around), fool around, fornicate, play (around), tomcat (around), womanize; copulate, couple, lie, make out, mate, sleep; lust3.
to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of
SYNONYMS:
cheat, dissatisfy, fail, let downRELATED WORDS:
bum (out), chagrin, discontent, disgruntle, displease, distress, upset; disenchant, disillusion; deceive, delude, mockNEAR ANTONYMS:
fulfill ( fulfil); gladden4.
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
SYNONYMS:
beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, flimflam, gaff, gyp, hose, hustle, mulct, nobble, pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig, victimizeRELATED WORDS:
extort, wrench, wrest, wring; clip, gouge, nick, overcharge, soak; exploit, milk; deceive, dupe, fool, gull, trick; rope (in); betray, bitch, double-cross; bamboozle, fast-talk
