fifth columnist

Noun

Meaning

a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

judas maquis cain collaborator betrayer traitor saboteur turncoat recidivist demagog secret agent double-crosser mudslinger snake in the grass reversionist
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Antonyms

senator patriot councilman consul assemblyman intermediate
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Hypernyms

traitor treasonist

Examples

We will liquidate the kulak, but not because he is a kulak but because he is a fifth columnist ... The present struggle is national liberation in form, but class war in essence. Josip Broz Tito

Any challenge or criticism of some his warped policies or naked corruption going on in government you are tagged a fifth columnist and unpatriotic. Source: Internet

He alleged that, the claimed outbreak is the handy work of mischief makers and fifth columnist. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

fifth collection fifth column fifth columnism fifth columnists fifth commemoration fifth cousin