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adulterous adjective [ əˈdʌlt(ə)rəs ]

• of or involving adultery.
• "an adulterous affair"
Similar: unfaithful, faithless, disloyal, untrue, inconstant, fickle, flighty, unreliable, untrustworthy, false, false-hearted, deceiving, deceitful, treacherous, traitorous, extramarital, cheating, two-timing,
Opposite: faithful,
Origin: mid 16th century: from the obsolete noun adulter ‘adulterer’ (see adultery) + -ous.


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