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cheater

/ˈt͡ʃiːtɚ/

cheater noun: someone who cheats; something that cheats.

Noun (1)

cheater (plural cheaters)

  1. Someone who cheats; something that cheats.
    • The Old Viper's an old cheater, an old hornswoggler.1990, Terry Griggs, Quickening, page 131
    • Wallhacks expose everyone on a map so cheaters get a huge advantage of knowing when you’re about to push a point or turn a corner.2020 May 6, Tom Warren, “The world’s biggest PC games are fighting a new surge of cheaters and hackers”, in The Verge
    Synonyms:
    cheat
    1. Synonym of adulterer.
  2. An improvised breaker bar made from a length of pipe and a wrench (spanner), usually used to free screws, bolts, etc. that are difficult to remove with a ratchet or wrench alone.
  3. Any of various auxiliary lenses added to the visor of a welding hood to improve visibility, such as by providing refractive correction for presbyopia or providing magnification (e.g., 2×, 5×, 10×).

Noun (2)

cheater (plural cheaters)

  1. (obsolete) An escheater.

cheater meaning in Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada

cheater in Hindi

someone who cheats
छलिया chaliyā, ठग ṭhag

cheater in Telugu

మోసం చేసేవాడు, మోసగించేవాడు

cheater in Malayalam

cheater
ചതിയൻ catiyaṉ, വഞ്ചകൻ vañcakaṉ

cheater in Kannada

ಮೋಸಗಾರ
More languagesFewer languages
cheater in Punjabi
ਧੋਖੇਬਾਜ਼
cheater in Odia
ପ୍ରତାରକ
cheater in Sanskrit
धूर्त dhūrta

Examples of cheater in a sentence

  • The other players are cheaters and not to be trusted.
  • Cheater sticks are simply sticks that are used to extend the reach of the canyoneer.
  • Archie was a cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater.

All 11 example sentences with cheater

Synonyms of cheater

Forms of cheater

pluralcheaters

Plural of cheater: cheaters

Origin of cheater

From cheat + -er. The sense referring to welding hood lenses was inspired by cheaters (plural) as a pair of reading glasses.

From Middle English chetour, a variant of eschetour, from Old French eschetour, escheteur, equivalent to escheat + -er.

Words formed from cheater

Phrases with cheater

Words that rhyme with cheater

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Questions about cheater

What does cheater mean?
Cheater means someone who cheats; something that cheats.
What is cheater in Hindi?
Cheater in Hindi is छलिया (chaliyā), ठग (ṭhag). See Cheater meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is cheater?
Cheater is a noun.
How do you pronounce cheater?
Cheater is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃiːtɚ/.
What is the plural of cheater?
The plural of cheater is cheaters.

Words near cheater in the dictionary

  1. cheated out
  2. cheated out of
  3. cheated the pocket
  4. cheatee
  5. cheatees
  6. cheater
  7. cheater five
  8. cheater fives
  9. cheater glasses
  10. cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater
  11. cheater, cheater, pumpkin eaters

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cheater (page history and authors); cheater (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ചതിയൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); cheater (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cheater (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cheater (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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