cheat
noun
1. weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
Definition categories: plant, ryegrass
2. weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
Similar word(s): chess
Definition categories: plant, brome, bromegrass
3. someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
Similar word(s): beguiler, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster
Definition categories: person, offender, wrongdoer
4. the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
Definition categories: act, fraud
5. a deception for profit to yourself
Similar word(s): cheating
Definition categories: act, deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation
verb
1. deprive somebody of something by deceit
- we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme
Similar word(s): chisel
Definition categories: social, victimise, victimize
2. defeat someone through trickery or deceit
Similar word(s): chicane, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft
Definition categories: competition, beat, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
3. engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
Similar word(s): chisel
Definition categories: social, cozen, deceive, delude
4. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
- She cheats on her husband
Similar word(s): betray, wander
Definition categories: social, cozen, deceive, delude
Sentences with cheat as a verb:
- My brother flunked biology because he cheated on his mid-term.
- My husband cheated on me with his secretary.
- He cheated death when his car collided with a moving train.
- I feel as if I've cheated fate.
- My ex-wife cheated me out of $40,000.
- He cheated his way into office.