cheat🔊

To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation. +

To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner; to commit adultery, or to engage in sexual or romantic conduct with a person other than one's partner in contravention of the rules of society or agreement in the relationship. +

To avoid a seemingly inevitable thing.

To deceive; to fool; to trick. +

To disregard self-imposed restrictions or commitments in favour of resting or indulging oneself.

An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception. +

Someone who cheats. +

The weed cheatgrass.

(card games) A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies. +

(video games) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.

(obsolete) A sort of low-quality bread.