adulterer
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adulterer
- /əˈdʌltəɹə/ UK
- /əˈdʌltəɹɚ/ US
Where it comes from
From adulter (“to commit adultery”) + -er.
noun adulterers
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A spouse who has sex with a non-spouse.
Under the canon-law rule, a married participant is an adulterer and an umarried one is a fornicator.
Similar: cheater, adulterer, bed-hopper, carpetmonger, chamberer, debauchee, debaucher, fornicator, gallant, lecher, lewdster, libertine
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Someone who cheats on their spouse or monogamous significant other.
Ashley Madison, so-called for the two most popular girls names, billed itself as the premier destination for adulterers – no judgment, no risks, no strings attached other than the payments required to secure enough “credits” to talk to other users.
Similar: cheater, adulterer, bed-hopper, carpetmonger, chamberer, debauchee, debaucher, fornicator, gallant, lecher, lewdster, libertine
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A male adulterer specifically.
I become an adulterer and remain an adulterer when, by choice, I freely adopt the proposal to have sex with someone other than my wife.
Similar: cheater, adulterer, bed-hopper, carpetmonger, chamberer, debauchee, debaucher, fornicator, gallant, lecher, lewdster, libertine
Translations
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noun husband or wife who commits adultery
| Español | adúltero, adúltera |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 오입쟁이 oipjaeng'i, 간부 ganbu, 간음자 ganeumja, 사통자 satongja |
| 日本語 | 姦通者 kantsūsha, 姦夫 kanpu, 浮気者 uwakimono |
| 中文 | 姦夫 /奸夫 jiānfū |
| हिन्दी | व्यभिचारी vyabhicārī, व्यभिचारिणी vyabhicāriṇī, परस्त्रीगामी parastrīgāmī |
| Português | adúltero, adúltera |
| Français | adultère, homme adultère, femme adultère |
| Deutsch | Ehebrecher, Ehebrecherin |
| Italiano | adultero, adultera |
| Ελληνικά | μοιχός moichós, μοιχαλίδα moichalída |
| Română | adulter, adulteră |
| Русский | прелюбоде́й preljubodéj, прелюбоде́йка preljubodéjka |
| العربية | زَانٍ zānin, الزَّانِي az-zānī, زَانِيَة zāniya |
| עברית | נוֹאֵף no'éf |
Talk about this word "adulterer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/adulterer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. adulterer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/adulterer "adulterer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/adulterer.Cite this
@misc{adulterer_2026,
title = {adulterer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adulterer},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
