Synonyms and Antonyms of cheat
1
to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal
- students who cheat on tests end up never knowing anything
crib
color, distort, falsify, misinterpret, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, twist, warp
doctor, fake, tamper (with)
elaborate, embellish, embroider, exaggerate, magnify, pad, stretch
dodge, evade, hedge
2
to be sexually unfaithful
- he suspects that his girlfriend is cheating on him
cat (around), fool around, fornicate, play (around), tomcat (around), womanize
copulate, couple, lie, make out, mate, sleep
lust
3
to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of
- the daredevil survived his plunge over the falls with barely a scratch, having cheated death once again
4
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
- a despicable confidence man who heartlessly cheated elderly people out of their savings
beat, bilk, bleed, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, fleece, flimflam, gaff, gyp, hose [slang], hustle, mulct, nobble [British slang], pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig, victimize
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
