cheat

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
2. (intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner; to commit adultery, or to engage in sexual or romantic conduct with a person other than one's partner in contravention of the rules of society or agreement in the relationship.
3. (transitive) To avoid a seemingly inevitable thing.
4. (transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.
5. (informal, intransitive) To disregard self-imposed restrictions or commitments in favour of resting or indulging oneself.

Noun

1. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception.
2. Someone who cheats.
3. The weed cheatgrass.
4. A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
5. A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.

Noun

A sort of low-quality bread.

Synonyms

deceive

swindle

trick

defraud

deceiver

swindler

rogue

fraud

dupe

fool

betray

impostor

mislead

con

hoodwink

crook

trickster

deception

bilk

lie

hoax

bamboozle

delude

deceit

gyp

imposter

chisel

take in

cheating

sham

beguile

rook

hypocrite

double-cross

knave

gull

fleece

cheater

embezzle

rip off

decoy

liar

cheat on

jockey

canard

screw

humbug

diddle

scam

sharper

Translations

betrügen

tromper

engañar

ingannare

tricher

imbrogliare

bedriegen

aldatmak

duper

enganyar

imbroglione

täuschen

truffare

schummeln

kandırmak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃiːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: acheten

Inherited from Middle English: chete

Cognate with French: échoir

In summary

Inherited from Middle English acheten, variant of escheten, from Old French escheoiter, from the noun (see below). Displaced native Old English beswīcan.