backstab
The word “backstab” has 2 syllables: back-stab
It's pronounced as /bækstæb/
What is synonym and antonym for backstab?
In the thesaurus, “backstab” has 15 synonyms and 7 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for backstab along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for backstab
- backbite
- betray
- cross
- double-cross
- give away
- go back on
- peach
- play Judas
- sell down the river
- shop
- slander
- smear
- stab in the back
- turn in
- two-time
Antonyms for backstab
Example Sentences
- Backstab incidents can severely damage trust within relationships.
- It's difficult to forgive a friend who chooses to backstab you.
- He felt betrayed after discovering the backstab by his colleague.
- The political arena is notorious for its backstab tactics.
- Despite warnings, she didn't anticipate the extent of the backstab that ensued.
On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to backstab, such as: backbite, betray, cross, defend, double-cross, give away, go back on.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
accommodationist
- Judas
- apostate
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- blabbermouth
- centrist
- coconspirator
- collaborationist
- collaborator
- compromiser
- conspirator
- defector
- deserter
- double-crosser
- double-dealer
- gossip
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- informant
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- middle-of-the-roader
- moderate
- plotter
- progressive
- quisling
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- rumormonger
- schemer
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- serpent
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- snitch
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- squealer
- stool pigeon
- subversive
- subverter
- talebearer
- talker
- tattler
- tattletale
- telltale
- traitor
- turncoat
accommodationists
- Judases
- apostates
- backstabbers
- betrayers
- blabbermouths
- centrists
- co-conspirators
- coconspirators
- collaborationists
- collaborators
- compromisers
- conspirators
- defectors
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- double-dealers
- gossipers
- gossipmongers
- gossips
- informants
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- intriguers
- middle-of-the-roaders
- moderates
- plotters
- progressives
- quislings
- rats
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- renegades
- rumormongers
- schemers
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- serpents
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- stool pigeons
- subversives
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- talebearers
- talkers
- tattlers
- tattletales
- telltales
- traitors
- turncoats
backbiting
- abuse
- aspersion
- backstabbing
- belittlement
- calumniation
- calumny
- cattiness
- censure
- condemnation
- criticism
- de-emphasis
- defamation
- denigration
- denouncement
- denunciation
- deprecation
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- derision
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- detraction
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- disparagement
- gossip
- invective
- libel
- lie
- malice
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- mockery
- obloquy
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- ridicule
- scandal
- slander
- soft-pedaling
- spite
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- tale
- traducement
- vilification
- vituperation
canary
- accuser
- adviser
- agent provocateur
- announcer
- backstabber
- belt out
- betrayer
- bigmouth
- blab
- blabber
- blabberer
- blabbermouth
- blonde
- burst into song
- busybody
- buzz
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- carol
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- collaborator
- communicate
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- deceiver
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- deep throat
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- double-crosser
- duet
- ecru
- emit
- enunciate
- express
- fat mouth
- finger
- fink
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- gossip
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- groan
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- impart
- informant
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- lift up a voice
- light brown
- line out
- lullaby
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- notifier
- ochre
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- peacher
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- polly
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- rat
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- tattler
- tattletale
- tawny
- telltale
- third ear
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- traitor
- trill
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- tune
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- utter
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- vireo
- vocalize
- voice
- wait
- warble
- weasel
- whine
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- whistleblower
- whistler
- windbag
- wren
- yellow-brown
- yellowish
- yodel
deceiving
- Pecksniffian
- ambidextrous
- ambiguous
- apocryphal
- apostate
- apparent
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- astucious
- astute
- backbiting
- backhanded
- backstabbing
- bamboozling
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- belittling
- bent
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- bigoted
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- bluffing
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- bum
- burning
- canting
- casuistic
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- catching
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- chimeric
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- chiseling
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- circuitous
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- confounding
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- corrupt
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- doing a number on
- double-crossing
- double-dealing
- duping
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- elusive
- equivocal
- erroneous
- ersatz
- euchring
- evasive
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- goody-goody
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- grudging
- guileful
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- having
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- holier-than-thou
- hoodwinking
- hornswoggling
- humbugging
- hustling
- hypocritical
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- imposturous
- improper
- inaccurate
- incorrect
- indirect
- inexact
- insidious
- insincere
- invalid
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- jive
- juggling
- kidding
- knavish
- leading one down the garden path
- leading one up the garden path
- left-handed
- lying
- mad
- malevolent
- malicious
- mean
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- misguiding
- misinforming
- misleading
- misrepresentative
- mistaken
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- mulcting
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- scheming
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- seeming
- self-satisfied
- serpentine
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- unctuous
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- unfair
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- unsound
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- visionary
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- wicked
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- wrong