cheats

Meaning of cheats

verb, 3rd person present
  1. act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage.
    she always cheats at cards
  2. avoid (something undesirable) by luck or skill.
    she cheated death in a spectacular crash

plural noun

a person who behaves dishonestly in order to gain an advantage.

late Middle English: shortening of escheat (the original sense).

Information about cheats

  • The singular form of cheats is: cheat.
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Hyphenation of cheats

cheats

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • cheats is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

cheats synonyms

Meaning keep away from or stop oneself from doing (something):

avoid

Meaning succeed in avoiding or eluding something dangerous or unpleasant:

escape

Meaning escape or avoid (someone or something), especially by guile or trickery:

evade

Meaning escape from or avoid (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skilful or cunning way:

elude

Meaning avoid (someone or something) by a sudden quick movement:

dodge

Meaning a waterbird with a broad blunt bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a waddling gait:

duck

Meaning avoid; escape:

miss

Meaning avoid (someone or something) by stepping sideways:

sidestep

Meaning go past or round:

bypass

Meaning go round or past the edge of:

skirt

Meaning persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution:

shun

Meaning deliberately avoid using; abstain from:

eschew

Meaning prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding:

foil

Meaning prevent (a plan or attempted action) from progressing, succeeding, or being fulfilled:

frustrate

Meaning prevent (someone) from accomplishing something:

thwart

Meaning hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking:

balk

Meaning win a victory over (someone) in a battle or other contest; overcome or beat:

defeat

Meaning a person who uses deception to deprive someone of money or possessions:

swindler

Meaning a person who acts dishonestly in order to gain an advantage:

cheater

Meaning a person who commits fraud, especially in business dealings:

fraudster

Meaning a person who cheats or deceives people:

trickster

Meaning a person who tricks or deceives someone by means of a hoax:

hoaxer

Meaning a person who deceives or tricks someone:

hoodwinker

Meaning a thing that is not what it is purported to be:

sham

Meaning wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain:

fraud

Meaning a person who falsely claims to be something:

fake

Meaning the hooked staff of a shepherd:

crook

Meaning a dishonest or unprincipled man:

rogue

Meaning a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill:

charlatan

Meaning the characteristic harsh sound made by a duck:

quack

Meaning a person who deceives others, especially in order to trick them out of their money; a charlatan:

mountebank

Meaning a person who engages in dishonest and fraudulent business dealings:

racketeer

Meaning a long-bodied chiefly marine fish with a cartilaginous skeleton, a prominent dorsal fin, and toothlike scales. Most sharks are predatory, although the largest kinds feed on plankton, and some can grow:

shark

Meaning a swindler, especially at cards:

sharper

Meaning a fraudulent person or thing:

phoney

Meaning a person adept at aggressive selling or illicit dealing:

hustler

Meaning a person who swindles someone with a confidence trick:

flimflammer

Meaning a swindler; a dishonest person:

twister

Meaning a person who engages in petty or small-scale swindling:

grifter

Meaning a worthless thing or person, especially a swindler:

shicer

Meaning a confidence trickster:

magsman

Meaning a small-time confidence trickster:

illywhacker

Meaning a fake diamond:

schlenter

Meaning a person who performs tricks; a conjuror:

tregetour

Anagrams of cheats

chaste, sachet, scathe, Scheat, scheat, taches

Words that rhyme with cheats

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