treacherous

treacherous is a 11-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Like a traitor; involving treachery; violating allegiance or faith pledged; traitorous to the state or sovereign; perfidious in private life; betraying a trust; faithless. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 17 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Like a traitor; involving treachery; violating allegiance or faith pledged; traitorous to the state or sovereign; perfidious in private life; betraying a trust; faithless.
2. adjective. tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans

   "Punic faith"

   "the perfidious Judas"

   Synonyms: perfidious, punic

3. adjective. dangerously unstable and unpredictable

   "treacherous winding roads"

   "an unreliable trestle"

   Synonyms: unreliable

Synonyms

perfidious, punic, unreliable

Common word forms

treacherously, treacherousness

Words from these letters

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