traitorous C2+ Topic:Places & Geography US /ˈtreɪtərəs/ UK /ˈtreɪtərəs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj betraying trust or one's country; treacherous His traitorous letters to the enemy were discovered too late. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · betraying trust or one's... treacherousperfidiousdisloyalfaithlesstreasonousunfaithful ↔ Opposites loyalfaithfultruepatriotic Word family Derived forms traitorouslytraitorousness Related forms traitortreasonbetraytraitorize Etymology AI details From traitor + -ous; traitor is from Old French traitor, from Latin trāditor ('betrayer'), from trādere ('to hand over'). trāditor Latin trādere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Places & Geography Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # traitorous **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈtreɪtərəs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈtreɪtərəs/ ## Meanings 1. betraying trust or one's country; treacherous ## Examples - His traitorous letters to the enemy were discovered too late. ## Synonyms - treacherous - perfidious - disloyal - faithless - treasonous - unfaithful ## Antonyms - loyal - faithful - true - patriotic ## Derived Forms - traitorously - traitorousness ## Related Forms - traitor - treason - betray - traitorize ## Roots and Affixes - Root: trāditor - Root: trādere ## Etymology From traitor + -ous; traitor is from Old French traitor, from Latin trāditor ('betrayer'), from trādere ('to hand over'). ## AI Etymology Traitorous is from traitor + -ous; traitor is from Old French traitor, from Latin trāditor ('betrayer'), from trādere ('to hand over'). Important recorded forms include trāditor (Latin) and trādere (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers betraying trust or one's country; treacherous. The wider family includes derived forms such as traitorously and traitorousness and related words such as traitor, treason, betray, and traitorize. ## Topics - Places & Geography - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown