faithless

Examples

• All

• We are not so faithless as to deem it impossible.

  Academic text (2002)

• Nor do I need a sword offered by such a faithless hand.

  The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)

• How is it human to be so... faithless?

  Marriage Story (2019)

• Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our ancestors?

  Academic text (1995)

• George had proved faithless, but that didn't mean that all her friends would betray her.

  Fiction book (1993)

• In comes the ghost of Siche, Dido's murdered husband, who accuses her of being faithless to him and his memory.

  Academic text (2000)

• In this episode, Jesus complains of his contemporaries as being "a faithless generation" (Mark 9:19).

  Academic text (1992)

• Aeneas leaves, Dido awakens to find herself abandoned, and rails at the faithless Aeneas.

  Academic text (2000)

• The soldiers felt betrayed by their faithless leader who abandoned them in battle.

• His faithless behavior in relationships made it hard for him to keep friends.

Synonyms

D

disloyal

vsfaithless

30 4.2

Not supporting or being faithful to people you should support

adds the idea of being likely to break trust or allegiance

U

untrustworthy

vsfaithless

21 4.8

Not honest or reliable with promises

stresses betrayal of allegiance specifically rather than mere unreliability

T

traitorous

vsfaithless

18 8.3

Acting secretly to harm people who trust them

is used more widely for general likelihood to betray rather than formal treason

U

untrue

vsfaithless

5 3.4

Not loyal to a person you trust

is the broader idea of being likely to betray or fail allegiance

U

unfaithful

vsfaithless

4 4.9

Acting in a way that betrays people who trust you

emphasizes the general tendency to betray rather than specific acts

P

perfidious

vsfaithless

• Formal

3 9.2

Likely to betray someone's trust by lying or cheating

is a broader label for likely betrayal rather than focused deceit

F

falsehearted

vsfaithless

• Offensive

8.0

A person who is not loyal or honest and who breaks trust

focuses more on a general tendency to betray trust rather than only insincerity

T

trustless

vsfaithless

8.1

A situation where people do not feel safe and avoid honest conversation

adds an expectation of active betrayal or disloyal conduct

U

untrusty

vsfaithless

• Archaic

8.9

Not safe to depend on because they may fail or betray you

carries a stronger sense of likely betrayal or broken allegiance

Antonyms

F

faithful

104 1.8

Loyal and steady in support of a person, group, or idea

How Faithful

devoted

80 3.4

loyal

505 1.0

unreliable

71 4.1

faithless

12 5.6

treacherous

38 7.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology