cheat
[ cheet ]
/ tʃit /
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
noun
Origin of cheat
1325–75; Middle English
chet (noun) (aphetic for
achet, variant of
eschet
escheat);
cheten to escheat, derivative of
chet (noun)
synonym study for cheat
1.
Cheat,
deceive,
trick,
victimize refer to the use of fraud or artifice deliberately to hoodwink or obtain an unfair advantage over someone.
Cheat implies conducting matters fraudulently, especially for profit to oneself:
to cheat at cards.
Deceive suggests deliberately misleading or deluding, to produce misunderstanding or to prevent someone from knowing the truth:
to deceive one's parents. To
trick is to deceive by a stratagem, often of a petty, crafty, or dishonorable kind:
to trick someone into signing a note. To
victimize is to make a victim of; the emotional connotation makes the cheating, deception, or trickery seem particularly dastardly:
to victimize a blind man.
OTHER WORDS FROM cheat
Words nearby cheat
cheapie,
cheapo,
cheapside,
cheapskate,
cheapy,
cheat,
cheat day,
cheat on,
cheat sheet,
cheater,
cheb
Example sentences from the Web for cheating
British Dictionary definitions for cheating
cheat
/ (tʃiːt) /
verb
noun
Derived forms of cheat
cheatable, adjective cheater, noun cheatingly, adverbWord Origin for cheat
C14: short for
escheat