other man

noun

: a man with whom a married woman has an affair

—usually used with the

E.G. Marshall plays a man who, believing himself cuckolded, plants a bomb in his own basement to destroy the Mrs. and the other man.

—Mike Flaherty

Examples of other man in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Inside his vehicle were eight other men, raising immediate suspicions. —Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2025

The longtime SportsCenter anchor, 60, sat down with former NFL star and current Good Morning America host Michael Strahan to share the news and encourage other men to get checked for the disease during a segment on Thursday, June 5. —Sean Neumann, People.com, 5 June 2025

Prosecutors said Fox and Croft led other men associated with a militia group called Wolverine Watchmen to kidnap Whitmer before the 2020 election. —Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 28 May 2025

Four other men did it in 1900 or earlier — Bob Ferguson, John Henry Taylor, James Braid and Young Tom Morris. —Justin Ray, New York Times, 19 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for other man

• businessman
• canavan
• caravan
• constantan
• dragoman
• fisherman
• handyman
• harmattan
• journeyman
• marianne
• middleman
• minivan