cheater
/ˈtʃitɚ/
noun
Familiar
1.n.someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
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cheater and chester differ by a single letter, buried far enough into the word to be easy to miss. cheater means “someone who leads you to believe something that is not true”. chester means “a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia)”. chester is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ˈtʃitɚ/
1.n.someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
/ˈtʃɛstɚ/
1.n.a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia)
| cheater | chester | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈtʃitɚ/ | /ˈtʃɛstɚ/ |
| Said | CHEE-tur | CHEH-stur |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Letters | 7 | 7 |
| Parts of speech | noun | noun |
| Senses | 1 | 1 |
| How common | Familiar | Common |
| Synonyms | deceiver, cheat, trickster | none recorded |
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