leaver

noun

Definition of leavernext
as in dropout

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Recent Examples of leaver Several aspects of the turnover process affect the likelihood that a leaver will recommend their former firm. — Joseph Brazel, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaver
  1. dropout
  2. traitor
  3. rebel
  4. turncoat
Noun
  • But that doesn’t explain the dropout rate noticed by Jeffrey Roach, chief economist for LPL Financial.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 6 July 2026
  • Emily was already the guiltiest college dropout in all of Western Canada.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 June 2026
Definition of dropout
Noun
  • The king refused to look at it, and issued the Proclamation of Rebellion, declaring the colonists traitors and hiring 30,000 German mercenaries to help crush them.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 July 2026
  • Harper suspects Bichette, after seven seasons in Toronto, won’t be treated as a traitor.
    — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 29 June 2026
Definition of traitor
Noun
  • Gillespie also has a reputation for melding music to movies, as seen in Cruella, his 2021 movie that cast Disney villainess Cruella de Vil as a punk rock rebel in London’s fashion scene.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2026
  • The winner is the daughter of the late Alberto Fujimori, the former president whose government in the 1990s defeated the Shining Path extremist rebel group but also took an authoritarian turn.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
Definition of rebel
Noun
  • The Conservatives, currently led by Kemi Badenoch, slammed Braverman following her defection, characterizing her as an inevitable turncoat and questioning her mental faculties.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 26 Jan. 2026
  • But the result is that a fair number of former Sanders allies or staffers have turned out to be MAGA turncoats, cranks, or washed out of politics altogether.
    — Ryan Cooper, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2026
Definition of turncoat

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“Leaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaver. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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