defectors

Meaning of defectors

plural noun
  1. a person who has abandoned their country or cause in favour of an opposing one.
    staff interviewed escapees and defectors to the West

Information about defectors

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of defectors is: defector.
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Hyphenation of defectors

de-fec-tors

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • defectors is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

defectors synonyms

Meaning a member of the armed forces who deserts:

deserter

Meaning a person who deserts one party or cause in order to join an opposing one:

turncoat

Meaning a person who betrays someone or something, such as a friend, cause, or principle:

traitor

Meaning a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or leader:

rebel

Meaning a person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles:

renegade

Meaning a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle:

apostate

Meaning a coward:

recreant

Meaning a peephole in a door:

Judas

Meaning a traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country:

quisling

Meaning a rodent that resembles a large mouse, typically having a pointed snout and a long tail. Some kinds have become cosmopolitan and are sometimes responsible for transmitting diseases:

rat

Words that rhyme with defectors

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