betrayal

Other forms of betrayal

plural

betrayals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about betrayal

What does betrayal mean?

betrayal means "an act of deliberate betrayal". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in betrayal?

betrayal has 3 syllables: be-tra-yal. The stress falls on "tra". In IPA it is /bɪˈtɹeɪəl/.

What is another word for betrayal?

Close synonyms include treachery, treason, perfidy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is betrayal a common word?

betrayal is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with betrayal?

1 word rhymes with betrayal. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.