Synonyms for adultery
əˈdʌl tə riadul·te·ry

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1. adultery, criminal conversation, fornicationnoun

   extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations

   "adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce"

   Synonyms:
   fornication, criminal conversation

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1. adulterynoun

   Synonyms:
   violation of the marriage-bed

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1. adulterynoun

   Synonyms:
   infidelity, criminal conversation

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1. List of paraphrases for "adultery":

   adulterous, adulterer, fornication, infidelity

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. adultery

   Synonyms:
   Philandery

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1. Gore Vidal:

   The last best hope of earth, two trillion dollars in debt, is spinning out of control, and all we can do is stare at a flickering cathode-ray tube as Ollie answers questions on TV while the press, resolutely irrelevant as ever, asks politicians if they have committed adultery. From V-J Day 1945 to this has been, my fellow countrymen, a perfect nightmare.

2. Jeremy Taylor:

   Adultery itself in its principle is many times nothing but a curious inquisition after, and envy of another man's enclosed pleasures: and there have been many who refused fairer objects that they might ravish an enclosed woman from her retirement and single possessor.

3. Jere Royall:

   We believe that the state's policy should remain clear – that marriages are worth protecting ... and that a third party who has committed adultery will be held accountable and liable for their actions.

4. William Somerset Maugham, The Bread-Winner:

   You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.

5. Lim Ji-bong:

   Recently, it was extremely rare for a person to serve a prison term for adultery, the number of indictments has decreased as charges are frequently dropped.