cheating
noun · adjective
Simple meaning
An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
cheetingSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈtʃitɪŋ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
adjective
Unfaithful or adulterous.
Unsporting or underhand.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
Used this way, cheating is a reasonably familiar word with a clearly unfavourable pull. It criticises, but without shouting.
- Emotional tone
- Negative
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Serious and weighty
- Usage feel
- Critical but measured
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use cheating
- “Cheating on tests will only hurt your learning in the long run.”
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