Definition of CHEATER

cheater

Plural: cheaters

Noun

  • A person who acts dishonestly to gain an advantage.
  • someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
  • Someone who cheats; something that cheats.
  • Someone who cheats; something that cheats.
  • Synonym of adulterer.
  • Something that a person uses while cheating (i.e., either literally or figuratively cheating).
  • 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.
  • Something that a person uses while cheating (i.e., either literally or figuratively cheating).
  • 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×).
  • An escheater.

Examples

  • No one wants to play against a CHEATER in Words With Friends; it ruins the fun.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

beguiler, cheat, deceiver, slicker, trickster, adulterer, cheat#Noun

Scrabble Score: 12

cheater: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cheater: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cheater: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

cheater: valid Words With Friends Word