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1 Turncoat -- rank: 1000

Turncoat definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TURN'COAT, n. [turn and ... or political party or friend etc. [syn: deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1557 one who ... sides in a conflict, dispute, etc. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Turncoat Turn"coat`, n. One who forsakes his party or his ... s Cobuild Dictionary (turncoats) If you describe someone as a turncoat, you think they are disloyal or deceitful, because they have ...

2 Apostate -- rank: 453

... or political party or friend etc. [syn: deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 14th century one ... s Dictionary of English Synonyms I. n. Renegade, backslider, deserter, turncoat, pervert. II. a. Treacherous, perfidious, traitorous, disloyal, false, faithless, untrue ... separatist, strikebreaker, tergiversant, tergiversating, tergiversator, traitor, traitorous, treasonable, treasonous, turnabout, turncoat, turntail, unbeliever, undutiful

3 Deserter -- rank: 453

... or political party or friend etc. [syn: deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter] 2: a person who abandons their duty (as ... Synonyms n. 1. Forsaker, abandoner. 2. Backslider, renegade, apostate, revolter, turncoat. 3. Delinquent soldier, renegade from military service. Moby Thesaurus Sabbath ... schismatic, seceder, secession, secessionist, separatist, strikebreaker, tergiversant, tergiversator, traitor, turnabout, turncoat, turntail, unbeliever, walkout

4 Renegade -- rank: 453

... or political party or friend etc. [syn: deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter] v 1: break with established customs [syn: rebel ... Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Apostate, backslider, renegado, recreant, turncoat. 2. Deserter, revolter, rebel, traitor. 3. Vagabond, worthless fellow. Moby ... traitor, traitorous, treacherous, treasonable, treasonous, turn against, turn traitor, turnabout, turncoat, turntail, unbeliever, undutiful

5 turnabout -- rank: 358

... character b. a changing from one allegiance to another c. turncoat, renegade d. an act or instance of retaliating < turnabout is ... tergiversant, tergiversating, tergiversation, tergiversator, total change, traitor, transition, turn, turnaround, turncoat, turning, turntail, upheaval, variation, variety, violent change, volte-face, worsening

6 Recreant -- rank: 358

... or political party or friend etc. [syn: deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter] Merriam Webster's I. adjective Etymology: Middle English ... tergiversating, tergiversator, traitor, traitorous, treacherous, treasonable, treasonous, trollop, trothless, turnabout, turncoat, turntail, unbeliever, undutiful, unfaithful, unloyal, unsteadfast, untrue, vile, villainous, whore

7 Rat -- rank: 358

... a deserter from a party, cause, difficult situation, etc.; a turncoat (from the superstition that rats desert a sinking ship). 3 ... traitor, treasonist, tree shrew, trimmer, turd, turn, turn informer, turnabout, turncoat, urus, vole, wallaby, warthog, water buffalo, waterbuck, weasel, wharf rat ...

8 recidivist -- rank: 226

... secessionist, separatist, sorry lot, strikebreaker, tergiversant, tergiversator, traitor, trollop, turnabout, turncoat, turntail, two-time loser, unangelic, unbeliever, unchaste, unclean, undutiful, ungodly ...

9 quisling -- rank: 226

... thief, thug, timeserver, traitor, traitorous, treasonable, treasonist, treasonous, trimmer, turnabout, turncoat, turntail, two-timer, two-timing

10 Proselyte -- rank: 226

... seceder, secessionist, separatist, strikebreaker, tergiversant, tergiversator, theist, traitor, truster, turnabout, turncoat, turntail, votary, zealot

11 Plotter -- rank: 226

... opportunist, quisling, rat, schemer, serpent, snake, timeserver, traitor, treasonist, trimmer, turncoat, wire-puller

12 Judas -- rank: 226

... scofflaw, serpent, snake, swindler, thief, thug, timeserver, traitor, treasonist, trimmer, turncoat, two-timer

13 Informer -- rank: 226

... telltale, testifier, the prosecution, timeserver, tipster, tout, traitor, treasonist, trimmer, turncoat, voucher, weasel, whistle-blower, witness

14 Mugwump -- rank: 226

... vote, temporization, tergiversant, tergiversator, third force, third world, traitor, turnabout, turncoat, turntail, uncommitted voter, waverer, weakling, wobbler

15 Machinator -- rank: 226

... rat, schemer, serpent, snake, strategist, tactician, timeserver, traitor, treasonist, trimmer, turncoat, wheeler-dealer, wire-puller