turncoats (Meaning)
turncoats
one who switches to an opposing side or party, traitor, a person on one side who goes over to the other
Synonyms & Antonyms of turncoats
Synonyms:
Synonyms:
Synonyms:
- deserters
- gossipmongers
- informants
- accommodationists
- serpents
- double-crossers
- plotters
- snakes
- collaborationists
- intriguers
- conspirators
- informers
- recreants
- double-dealers
- squealers
- collaborators
- gossipers
- schemers
- sellouts
- co-conspirators
- gossips
- subverters
- coconspirators
- talkers
- snitches
- defectors
- renegades
- subversives
turncoats Sentence Examples
- The turncoats betrayed their comrades by joining the enemy ranks.
- The general suspected that several turncoats were leaking military secrets.
- The company fired all the turncoats who had sabotaged their operations.
- The students turned against their former teacher, becoming turncoats in the academic community.
- The politician's turncoats cost him the election by revealing his campaign secrets.
- The spies were exposed as turncoats who had been providing information to foreign powers.
- The turncoats were hunted down and punished for their treachery.
- The group was weakened by the betrayal of its turncoats.
- The turncoats were ostracized by their former friends and colleagues.
- The turncoats' actions had far-reaching consequences that damaged both their own reputations and the cause they had betrayed.
FAQs About the word turncoats
one who switches to an opposing side or party, traitor, a person on one side who goes over to the other
traitors,betrayers, Judases, backstabbers, quislings, apostates, deserters, gossipmongers, informants, accommodationists
No antonyms found.
The turncoats betrayed their comrades by joining the enemy ranks.
The general suspected that several turncoats were leaking military secrets.
The company fired all the turncoats who had sabotaged their operations.
The students turned against their former teacher, becoming turncoats in the academic community.
