Dictionary

adulterer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /əˈdʌltəɹɚ/ (General-American)
• /əˈdʌltəɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From adulter (“to commit adultery”) + -er.

Meanings

1. (broadly, qualifier:strictly) One who commits adultery. ▸ 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. 2009, Garner's Modern American Usage, page 22:
2. (broadly) One who commits adultery. ▸ 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. 2024 May 14, Adrian Horton, “Inside the rise and fall of Ashley Madison: ‘People literally lost their lives’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
3. (broadly) One who commits adultery. ▸ A male adulterer specifically.
   • The Word of God says that you, my reader, should be sure that no fornicator or adulterer or adulteress has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and of God. 2016, Freedom From The Sin of Adultery And Fornication, page 110:
   • 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. 2005, The Great Life: Essays on Doctrine and Holiness, page 140:

Forms

Coordinates

fornicator · adulteress

Relateds

adulterant · adulter

Synonyms

rizzler · debaucher · player · fornicator · debaucher · fornicator · carpetmonger · carpetmonger · adulterer · bed-hopper · adulterer · hood rat · roué · rantipole · rizzler · lecher · wanton · roué · fornicator · lewdster · debaucher · debauchee · rantipole · philanderer · cheater · debauchee · carpetmonger · debauchee · gallant · philanderer · adulterer · voluptuary · bed-hopper · gallant · libertine · lecher · player · rake · lecher · chamberer · seducer · roué · rake · rake · philanderer · rizzler · seducer · seducer · rantipole · chamberer · voluptuary · cheater · hood rat · voluptuary · libertine · libertine · chamberer · gallant · cheater · bed-hopper · hood rat · lewdster · wanton · wanton · lewdster · player

Translations (129)

da horkarl (husband or wife who commits adultery) · ja 姦夫 (husband or wife who commits adultery) · sh préljubnīk (husband or wife who commits adultery) · ko 간음자 (husband or wife who commits adultery) · nn horkall (husband or wife who commits adultery) · ko 오입쟁이 (husband or wife who commits adultery) · ko 사통자 (husband or wife who commits adultery) · cs cizoložník m cizoložnice (husband or wife who commits adultery) · id pezina (husband or wife who commits adultery) · ru прелюбоде́йка (husband or wife who commits adultery) · sh пре́љубница (husband or wife who commits adultery) · be пралюбадзе́й (husband or wife who commits adultery) · fa-ira زِناکار (husband or wife who commits adultery) · hu házasságtörő (husband or wife who commits adultery) · da horekvinde (husband or wife who commits adultery) · grc μοιχός (husband or wife who commits adultery) · es adúltero (husband or wife who commits adultery) · fr homme adultère (husband or wife who commits adultery) · da horekone (husband or wife who commits adultery) · rgn adùltar (husband or wife who commits adultery) · da ægteskabsbryder (husband or wife who commits adultery) · mi kaipūremu (husband or wife who commits adultery) · te వ్యభిచారుడు (husband or wife who commits adultery) · ang forliġer (husband or wife who commits adultery) · tg зинокор (husband or wife who commits adultery) · ang wemmend (husband or wife who commits adultery) · ga adhaltrach (husband or wife who commits adultery) · gd ban-adhaltraiche (husband or wife who commits adultery) · ar الزَّانِي (husband or wife who commits adultery) · da horkvinde (husband or wife who commits adultery) · fa-ira پَلیدْکار (husband or wife who commits adultery) · da horekarl (husband or wife who commits adultery) · he נוֹאֵף (husband or wife who commits adultery) · yi נואף (husband or wife who commits adultery) · sh брако̀ломка (husband or wife who commits adultery) · ar زَانِيَة (husband or wife who commits adultery) · hi व्यभिचारी (husband or wife who commits adultery) · hsb mandźelstwołamar (husband or wife who commits adultery) · ast adúlteru (husband or wife who commits adultery) · bg прелюбоде́ец (husband or wife who commits adultery) · uk перелю́бець (husband or wife who commits adultery) · grc μοιχαλίς (husband or wife who commits adultery) · ja 姦通者 (husband or wife who commits adultery) · de Ehebrecher (husband or wife who commits adultery) · sh préljubnica (husband or wife who commits adultery) · hy շնացող (husband or wife who commits adultery) · fr adultère (husband or wife who commits adultery) · nb horkar (husband or wife who commits adultery) · sh браколо́мац (husband or wife who commits adultery) · sv horkarl (husband or wife who commits adultery) · nb ekteskapsbryter (husband or wife who commits adultery) · pt adúltero (husband or wife who commits adultery) · ru прелюбоде́й (husband or wife who commits adultery) · ga banadhaltrach (husband or wife who commits adultery) · nn ekteskapsbrytar (husband or wife who commits adultery) · yi נואפֿטע (husband or wife who commits adultery) · pt adúltera (husband or wife who commits adultery) · nrf adultéthe (husband or wife who commits adultery) · sh brakolómac (husband or wife who commits adultery) · sk cudzoložnica (husband or wife who commits adultery) · sv äktenskapsbryterska (husband or wife who commits adultery) · hi परस्त्रीगामी (husband or wife who commits adultery) · ast adúltera (husband or wife who commits adultery) · dsb manźelstwołamaŕ (husband or wife who commits adultery) · pl cudzołożnica (husband or wife who commits adultery) · ko 간부 (husband or wife who commits adultery) · sv äktenskapsbrytare (husband or wife who commits adultery) · fi avionrikkoja (husband or wife who commits adultery) · nl echtbreker (husband or wife who commits adultery) · ro adulter (husband or wife who commits adultery) · pl cudzołożnik (husband or wife who commits adultery) · bg прелюбоде́йка (husband or wife who commits adultery) · nn ekteskapsbryterske (husband or wife who commits adultery) · gd adhaltraiche (husband or wife who commits adultery) · el μοιχαλίδα (husband or wife who commits adultery) · be пералю́бнік (husband or wife who commits adultery) · fr femme adultère (husband or wife who commits adultery) · is hórkarl (husband or wife who commits adultery) · nb ekteskapsbryterske (husband or wife who commits adultery) · nn horkone (husband or wife who commits adultery) · uk перелю́бка (husband or wife who commits adultery) · eo adultinto (husband or wife who commits adultery) · wyi barmeen (husband or wife who commits adultery) · sl prešuštnica (husband or wife who commits adultery) · nn horkar (husband or wife who commits adultery) · it adultera (husband or wife who commits adultery) · sh пре́љубнӣк (husband or wife who commits adultery) · ca adúlter (husband or wife who commits adultery) · nl overspelige (husband or wife who commits adultery) · lt svetimautojas (husband or wife who commits adultery) · mk прељубница (husband or wife who commits adultery) · eo adultulo (husband or wife who commits adultery) · et abielurikkuja (husband or wife who commits adultery) · eo adultulino (husband or wife who commits adultery) · cmn 姦夫 /奸夫 (husband or wife who commits adultery) · fa-ira زانی (husband or wife who commits adultery) · got 𐌷𐍉𐍂𐍃 (husband or wife who commits adultery) · ja 浮気者 (husband or wife who commits adultery) · de Ehebrecherin (husband or wife who commits adultery) · be пералю́бніца (husband or wife who commits adultery) · ca adúltera (husband or wife who commits adultery) · ka მრუში (husband or wife who commits adultery) · nl echtbreekster (husband or wife who commits adultery) · el μοιχός (husband or wife who commits adultery) · sk cudzoložník (husband or wife who commits adultery) · sl prešuštnik (husband or wife who commits adultery) · ar زَانٍ (husband or wife who commits adultery) · sv horbock (husband or wife who commits adultery) · nb horkarl (husband or wife who commits adultery) · it adultero (husband or wife who commits adultery) · es adúltera (husband or wife who commits adultery) · mk прељубник (husband or wife who commits adultery) · hi व्यभिचारिणी (husband or wife who commits adultery) · uk перелю́бник (husband or wife who commits adultery) · la adultera (husband or wife who commits adultery) · gl adúltera (husband or wife who commits adultery) · ang ǣwbreca (husband or wife who commits adultery) · la adulter (husband or wife who commits adultery) · nb horkone (husband or wife who commits adultery) · mi tangata pūremu (husband or wife who commits adultery) · rgn adùlter (husband or wife who commits adultery) · da ægteskabsbryderske (husband or wife who commits adultery) · ro adulteră (husband or wife who commits adultery) · gl adúltero (husband or wife who commits adultery) · sh brakòlomka (husband or wife who commits adultery) · eo adultintino (husband or wife who commits adultery) · da horkone (husband or wife who commits adultery) · uk перелю́бниця (husband or wife who commits adultery) · be пралюбадзе́йка (husband or wife who commits adultery)