ADULTERY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for ADULTERY?

Need another word that means the same as “adultery”? Find 9 synonyms and 30 related words for “adultery” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Adultery” are: criminal conversation, fornication, unfaithfulness, infidelity, falseness, disloyalty, cuckoldry, extramarital sex, extramarital relations

Adultery as a Noun

Definitions of "Adultery" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “adultery” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their spouse.
• Extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations.

Synonyms of "Adultery" as a noun (9 Words)

criminal conversation	Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime.
cuckoldry	The practice of making cuckolds; sexual conquests of married women.
disloyalty	The quality of not being loyal to a person, country, or organization; unfaithfulness. An accusation of disloyalty and betrayal.
extramarital relations	An act of narration.
extramarital sex	The properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles.
falseness	The quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical.
fornication	Extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations. Laws forbidding adultery and fornication.
infidelity	The action or state of being unfaithful to a spouse or other sexual partner. Her infidelity continued after her marriage.
unfaithfulness	The quality of being unfaithful.

Usage Examples of "Adultery" as a noun

• Adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce.
• She was committing adultery with a much younger man.

Associations of "Adultery" (30 Words)

affair	Matters of public interest and importance. The board admitted responsibility for the affair.
alimony	Court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated. He is said to have paid 300 000 alimony to his first wife.
amour	A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship. He is enraged at this revelation of his past amours.
bigamist	Someone who marries one person while already legally married to another.
bigamy	The offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred.
cheat	An act of cheating a fraud or deception. She cheated death in a spectacular crash.
cheating	Violating accepted standards or rules.
cohabit	Coexist. Animals that can cohabit with humans thrive.
conjugal	Of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband. Conjugal loyalty.
dishonesty	A fraudulent or deceitful act. The dismissal of thirty civil servants for dishonesty and misconduct.
disloyal	Failing to be loyal to a person, country, or organization to which one has obligations. Disloyal mutterings about his leadership.
divorce	Get a divorce formally terminate a marriage. A desire to divorce myself from history.
estranged	(of a person) no longer close or affectionate to someone; alienated. Her estranged father.
ex	A man who was formerly a certain woman’s husband. All his exes live in Texas.
husband	Use (resources) economically. She husbanded their financial resources through difficult times.
inconstant	(of a person or their behaviour) not faithful and dependable. The exact dimensions aren t easily measured since they are inconstant.
infidelity	Disbelief in a particular religion, especially Christianity. Her infidelity continued after her marriage.
married	A person who is married. A married couple.
marry	Perform a marriage ceremony. Eric asked me to marry him.
morganatic	Relating to or denoting a marriage in which neither the spouse of lower rank, nor any children, have any claim to the possessions or title of the spouse of higher rank. He contracted a morganatic marriage with a German born actress.
newlywed	Someone recently married.
perfidious	Deceitful and untrustworthy. A perfidious lover.
perfidy	Betrayal of a trust. It was an example of his perfidy.
polygamist	A person who has more than one wife or husband at the same time. Polygamist communities.
polygamy	Having more than one spouse at a time.
spouse	A person’s partner in marriage.
suitor	A prospective buyer of a business or corporation. She decided to marry her suitor.
unfaithful	Having sexual relations with someone other than your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend. She felt that to sell the house would be unfaithful to her parents memory.
wed	Take in marriage. They wed a week after meeting.
wife	The wife of a person with a specified occupation. He and his wife are keen gardeners.