Cheat

Quick meaning: Cheat is a verb meaning (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.

Meaning

(intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To avoid a seemingly inevitable thing.
2. (transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.
3. (informal, intransitive) To disregard self-imposed restrictions or commitments in favour of resting or indulging oneself.
4. (countable) An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception.
5. (countable) Someone who cheats.
6. (uncountable) The weed cheatgrass.
7. (intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner; to commit adultery, or to engage in sexual or romantic conduct with a person other than one's partner in contravention of the rules of society or agreement in the relationship.

Example Sentences

I feel as if I've cheated fate.

He cheated his way into office.

My ex-wife cheated me out of $40,000.

My husband cheated on me with his secretary.

Word Forms

• cheats
• cheating
• cheated

Synonyms for cheat

Depending on context, synonyms include rook, blench, lirt, fraud, trick, imposition.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include swindle, cheater, betray, chouse, chicane, deceiver.

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