Cheat meaning

What does “cheat” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“cheat” is a noun and verb with 9 meanings. Its most common meaning is: weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous.

cheat

noun

  1. weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous

  2. weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

  3. someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

  4. the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

    “that book is a fraud”

    Synonymsswindlerig
  5. a deception for profit to yourself

    Synonymscheating

verb

  1. deprive somebody of something by deceit

    “The con-man beat me out of $50”

    “This salesman ripped us off!”

  2. defeat someone through trickery or deceit

  3. engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud

    “Who's chiseling on the side?”

    Synonymschisel
  4. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

    “She cheats on her husband”

    “Might her husband be wandering?”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University