cheater
One who deceives
A cheater is someone who breaks rules for unfair advantage or betrays a partner's trust through infidelity.
In games and academics, cheaters use prohibited methods: The casino banned known cheaters.
In relationships, a cheater is unfaithful: Once a cheater, always a cheater.
Cheaters are reading glasses sold without prescription, often at drugstores.
One who speaks falsely
- deceiverOne who tricks others
- tricksterCunning deceiver in myth
- manipulatorOne who controls cunningly
- double-crosserOne who deceives confederates
backstabber · two-faced · schemer · snake · fraud · phony · pretender · betrayer
Person who deceives for money
- con-artistProfessional fraud perpetrator
- scammerOne who defrauds others
- grifterPetty fraud perpetrator
- embezzlerOne misappropriating entrusted funds
impostor · charlatan · phony · faker · forger · counterfeiter · hustler · flimflam
Married person's sexual betrayal
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- unfaithfulBetraying a partner's trust
- two-timingBeing unfaithful romantically
- extramaritalOutside the marriage bond
mistress · paramour · philanderer · cuckold · infidelity · lover · fling · liaison
One stealing others' writing
- cribberOne who copies dishonestly
- copyingReproducing something exactly
- ghostwriterUncredited hired author
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
liar
One who speaks falsely
- deceiverOne who tricks others
- tricksterCunning deceiver in myth
- manipulatorOne who controls cunningly
double-crosser · backstabber · two-faced · schemer · snake · fraud · phony · pretender · betrayer · dishonest
swindler
Person who deceives for money
- con-artistProfessional fraud perpetrator
- scammerOne who defrauds others
- grifterPetty fraud perpetrator
embezzler · impostor · charlatan · phony · faker · forger · counterfeiter · hustler · flimflam · bilker
adultery
Married person's sexual betrayal
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- unfaithfulBetraying a partner's trust
- two-timingBeing unfaithful romantically
extramarital · mistress · paramour · philanderer · cuckold · infidelity · lover · fling · liaison · tryst
plagiarist
One stealing others' writing
- cribberOne who copies dishonestly
- copyingReproducing something exactly
- ghostwriterUncredited hired author
exploit
Notable act or abuse
- hackerUnauthorized system accessor
- wallhackGame exploit bypassing barriers
- aimbotTargeting cheat software
collusion · sandbagging · doping · bot · modder
- cheaterscon artist, swindler, deceiver, fraud, liar
- Crookscrook, swindler, fraudster, embezzler, con artist
- deceiversliar, liars, deceiver, fraud, fake
- Playground Insultsbaby, brat, crybaby, dummy, dork
- rule breakersrulebreaker, transgressor, violator, offender, lawbreaker
- academic cheatersplagiarist
cheatersportsman
Fair-minded athletic competitor
good sport · straight shooter · purist · stickler · hero
cheaterstraight arrow
Honest, principled person
man of honor · square shooter · truth-teller · hero · honest broker
- cheat sheetUnauthorized study notes
- cheat onBe romantically unfaithful
- cheat daysPlanned dietary exceptions
- cheating deathSurviving against all odds
- cheat deathSurvive against all odds
- cheat codesSecret gaming commands