Synonyms for treacherous
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Traitorous
treasonable, falsehearted, unfaithful, faithless; see false 1.
Unreliable
deceptive, undependable, dangerous, risky, misleading, tricky, dissembled, untrustworthy, deceitful, false, twofaced, ensnaring, faulty, precarious, unstable, insecure, shaky, slippery, ticklish, difficult, ominous, alarming, menacing.
Antonyms reliable*, dependable, steady. See syn. study at faithless.faithless.
See treacherous in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Not true to duty or obligation:
disloyal, faithless, false, false-hearted, perfidious, recreant, traitorous, unfaithful, untrue. See continue, trustInvolving possible risk, loss, or injury:
adventurous, chancy, dangerous, hazardous, jeopardous, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe, venturesome, venturous. (Slang) hairy. See safety
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