deserter

deserter is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service without leave; one guilty of desertion. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service without leave; one guilty of desertion.
2. noun. a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)

   Synonyms: defector

3. noun. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

   Synonyms: apostate, ratter, recreant, renegade, turncoat

Synonyms

defector, apostate, ratter, recreant, renegade, turncoat

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in deserter:

redesert

Common word forms

deserters

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