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# cheater

noun (a cheater, cheaters)

«cheater» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A cheater is a person who cheats: who breaks the rules secretly to win or to get something they should not have. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheater/#m1)
2. A cheater is also someone who is not faithful or honest with a partner or friend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheater/#m2)

### In the lessons

In games, sport and tests a cheater copies answers, peeks, changes the score or ignores the rules. In stories it marks an unfair character, and the reader expects them to be caught or to learn a lesson. In lessons on honesty it is the opposite of a fair player. Phrases: a sore loser and a cheater, call someone a cheater, cheaters never prosper.

### Examples

- Nobody wanted to play cards with him because he was a cheater. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheater/#x1)
- The cheater was sent off the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheater/#x2)
- «Cheaters never win,» said the coach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheater/#x3)
- She was called a cheater after she looked at her neighbour's test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheater/#x4)
- Don't be a cheater, wait your turn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheater/#x5)
- The game kicked out the cheater who used a hack. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheater/#x6)
- In the story, the cheater lost the race in the end. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheater/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a cheater, two cheaters. Mostly American; British English often says «a cheat» (He is a cheat). The verb is «cheat» (cheat, cheats, cheated, cheating). Calling someone a cheater is a strong accusation, so be sure before you say it.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cheater» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheater/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cheater» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheater.html) on Mova free.