betray
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
reveal unintentionally
Her smile betrayed her true feelings
Types & categories
- disclose hypernym
Sense 2 verb
deliver to an enemy by treachery
Judas sold Jesus
Types & categories
- deceive hypernym
- double cross hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
His sense of smell failed him this time
Types & categories
- disappoint hypernym
Sense 4 verb
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
She cheats on her husband
Types & categories
- deceive hypernym
- two-time hyponym
- play around hyponym
Related & opposite
- cuckold derivation
Sense 5 verb
give away information about somebody
He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
cause someone to believe an untruth
The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- undeceive antonym
- dissimulation derivation
- beguiler derivation
- double-crosser derivation
- misleading derivation
- deceptive derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | disclose |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | betrayal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | squealer |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | sell |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | deceive |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | double cross |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | disappoint |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cuckold |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | deceive |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | two-time |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | play around |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | informing |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | ratter |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | canary |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | squealer |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | dump |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | poop |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | inform |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sell out |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | undeceive |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissimulation |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | beguiler |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | double-crosser |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | misleading |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | deceptive |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | misinform |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | personate |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | bamboozle |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | cod |