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recreant
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of RECREANT
1
a person who abandons a cause or organization usually without right <traditionally armies have dealt harshly with recreants, with execution being a common punishment for desertion during wartime>
Related Words betrayer, double-crosser, quisling, traitor, traitress (or traitoress), turnabout, turncoat; abandoner, come-outer, dropout, leaver; defier, insurgent, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, mutineer, rebel, red, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, revolutionizer; discontent, malcontent; recusant, refusenik (also refusnik), refuser
Near Antonyms adherent, disciple, follower, supporter; fanatic, militant, partisan (also partizan), zealot
Antonyms loyalist
2
a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger <the historian reserved his greatest contempt for those recreants who opposed the witch hunt but lacked the courage to speak out against it>
Related Words defeatist, quitter; cream puff, milquetoast, pushover, pussy [slang], weakling, wimp; caitiff, snake, sneak; ostrich, scaramouch (or scaramouche)
Near Antonyms daredevil
3
one who betrays a trust or an allegiance <a spy and recreant to his country>
Synonyms apostate, backstabber, betrayer, double-crosser, double-dealer, Judas, quisling, recreant, serpent, snake, turncoat
Related Words accommodationist, collaborationist, collaborator, sellout, subversive, subverter; coconspirator, conspirator, intriguer, plotter, schemer; defector, deserter, renegade; blabbermouth, gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, informant, informer, rat, rumormonger, snitch, snitcher, squealer, stool pigeon, talebearer, talker, tattler, tattletale, telltale
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