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cheating

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Adjective cheating has 2 senses
  1. adulterous, cheating, two-timing - not faithful to a spouse or lover; "adulterous husbands and wives"; "a two-timing boyfriend"
    Antonym: faithful (indirect, via unfaithful)
  2. cheating, dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike - violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
    Antonyms: fair, just (indirect, via unfair)
Noun cheating has 1 sense
  1. cheat, cheating - a deception for profit to yourself
    --1 is a kind of deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
    --1 has particulars: gerrymander
    Derived forms: verb cheat3, verb cheat1
Verb cheat has 4 senses
  1. cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
    --1 is one way to victimize, victimise
    Derived forms: noun cheat5, noun cheater1, noun cheating1
    Sample sentences:
    They cheat him of all his money
    Sam cannot cheat Sue
  2. cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey - defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit
    --2 is one way to beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
    Derived forms: noun cheat4, noun cheater1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  3. cheat, chisel - engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?"
    --3 is one way to deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
    Derived forms: noun cheat3, noun cheater1, noun cheating1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam and Sue cheat
  4. cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander - be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
    --4 is one way to deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
    Sample sentence:
    Sam cannot cheat Sue
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