Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of cheat
nouncheating (countable and uncountable, plural cheatings)
plural cheatings
- countableuncountableAn act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
the cheatings and impositions of your pitiful trade
1828, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Disowned - countableuncountablebroadcastingThe arrangement of people or items in a film so as to give the (false) impression that shots are taken from different angles in the same location.
Cheating is the sixth C of Cinematography ... it is the art of arranging people, objects or actions, during filming or editing
1965, Joseph V. Mascelli, The Five C’s of Cinematography
adjectivecheating (comparative more cheating, superlative most cheating)
comparative more cheating · superlative most cheating
- Unsporting or underhand.
- Unfaithful or adulterous.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot faithful to a spouse or lover
adjectiveviolating accepted standards or rules
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Dutch valsspelen
- valsspelenact of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
German Falschspiel, Betrügerei
- Falschspielact of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Betrügereiact of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Schiebungact of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Schwindelact of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Mogeleiact of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Schummeleiact of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- unsportlichunsporting & underhand
- unehrlichunsporting & underhand
- betrügerischunsporting & underhand
- betrügerischadulterous
- ehebrecherischadulterous
- untreuadulterous
Hindi धोखा, छल
- धोखा (dhokhā)act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- छल (chal)act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
Hungarian csalás, szélhámosság
- csalásact of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- szélhámosságact of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- rászedésact of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- becsapásact of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
Irish cúigleáil
- cúigleáilact of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
Italian imbroglio, truffa
- imbroglioact of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- truffaact of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
Japanese チート, カンニング
- チート (chīto)act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- カンニング (kanningu)act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
Polish oszustwo, oszukiwanie
- oszustwoact of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- oszukiwanieact of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- cheatowanieact of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- czitowanieact of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
Portuguese traidor, infiel
- traidoradulterous
- infieladulterous
Spanish trampa, fullería
- trampaact of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- fulleríaact of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- albardillaact of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- trafaact of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- transaact of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
Swedish fusk
- fuskact of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
Ukrainian ошука́нство, круті́йство
- ошука́нство (ošukánstvo)act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- круті́йство (krutíjstvo)act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- нечесний (nečesnyj)unsporting & underhand
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cheating
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APA
cheating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheating
MLA
“cheating.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheating. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cheating,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheating.
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