Antonyms for cheat
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : cheet |
| Phonetic Transcription : tʃit |
Definition of cheat
Origin :- mid-15c., "to escheat," a shortening of Old French escheat, legal term for revision of property to the state when the owner dies without heirs, literally "that which falls to one," past participle of escheoir "befall by chance, happen, devolve," from Vulgar Latin *excadere "to fall away," from Latin ex- "out" (see ex-) + cadere "to fall" (see case (n.1)). Also cf. escheat. The royal officers evidently had a low reputation. Meaning evolved through "confiscate" (mid-15c.) to "deprive unfairly" (1580s). To cheat on (someone) "be sexually unfaithful" first recorded 1934. Related: Cheated; cheating.
- noun person who fools others
- noun trick
- verb defraud, fool
- verb frustrate, thwart
- He so humble, so aged, so loth to take our money—and yet a villain and a cheat.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Bacillus is a cheat; every woman to her lover is the most beautiful!
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- We thought it no harm to cheat the people of the canteens, for we knew they were doing all they could to cheat us.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- He was fond of saying indelicate things, and used to cheat at cards.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- A conspiracy between speech and action to cheat the understanding.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- I guess it's well for you Ann Toby's what she is, or she'd cheat you out o' your eye-teeth!
- Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
- Some good fellows have warned me to beware of them, they cheat man and beast.
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
- You are a cheat, North Wind; you have taken back your tablecloth.
- Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
- Pretending to be friendly with me, and knowing all the time that you were doing your best to cheat——'
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- "If he's a cheat and he's gone off with my bag, I just can't help it," he thought.
- Extract from : « Great Uncle Hoot-Toot » by Mrs. Molesworth
Synonyms for cheat
- artifice
- baffle
- baloney
- bamboozle
- bamboozlement
- beat
- beguile
- bilk
- bill of goods
- bleed
- bluff
- bunco
- burn
- caboodle
- charlatan
- check
- chicanery
- chisel
- chiseler
- con
- con artist
- con game
- confidence operator
- conniver
- cover up
- cozen
- cozener
- cozening
- crib
- crook
- cross
- deceit
- deceive
- deceiver
- deception
- decoy
- defeat
- defraud
- defrauder
- delude
- deprive
- diddle
- dirty pool
- dirty trick
- do
- do a number on
- dodge
- dodger
- double-cross
- double-crosser
- double-deal
- double-dealer
- double-dealing
- dupe
- enticer
- fake
- fast one
- fast shuffle
- fast talk
- finagle
- fix
- fleece
- flimflam
- foil
- frame
- fraud
- fudge
- give bum steer
- gouge
- gyp
- hanky-panky
- hoax
- hoaxing
- hoodwink
- hose
- humbug
- hustle
- hypocrite
- impostor
- imposture
- inveigler
- jazz
- jerk around
- jive
- jockey
- masquerader
- milk
- mislead
- plant
- pretender
- prevent
- pull one's leg
- put-on
- quack
- racket
- rascal
- ream
- rip off
- rip-off
- rogue
- rook
- rope in
- run around
- sandbag
- scam
- scammer
- screw
- sell
- shady deal
- shaft
- sham
- shark
- sharper
- shell game
- short
- shuck
- shyster
- skin
- snow
- snow job
- spoof
- stiff
- sting
- stunt
- sucker
- swindle
- swindler
- take
- take for a ride
- take in
- take out
- trick
- trickery
- trickster
- trim
- two-time
- victimize
- whitewash
- wrong
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