TWO-TIMING Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

two-timing 1 of 3

adjective

as in adulterous

relating to or being a sexual encounter or relationship between a married person and someone other than their spouse her husband's compulsive two-timing behavior is the reason she left

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two-timing

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noun

as in adultery

a sexual encounter or relationship between a married person and someone other than their spouse he found out about the two-timing when he found a love letter stuffed in the dresser

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as in betrayal

the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another this repudiation of her campaign pledges is an unconscionable two-timing of the electorate

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two-timing

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verb

present participle of two-time

as in betraying

to be unfaithful or disloyal to an entrepreneur who's supposedly two-timed every business partner she's ever had

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Recent Examples of two-timing

Adjective

With Kate Sprague, the two-timing wife of Rhode Island governor William Sprague, on his arm (the Spragues would divorce a year later as news of their affair spread), Roscoe Conkling turns up to remind James Blaine that his support for Garfield’s campaign comes with a fee. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025

Noun

Audiences had not responded well to Schmidt’s two-timing Cece and Elizabeth, and a dark cloud hovered around the network’s growing frustration over New Girl’s slipping ratings. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026 Both albums get scathingly honest about two-timing exes. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2026

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Adjective

Their adulterous bubble temporarily burst in 1938, when Olivier left for Los Angeles to shoot Wuthering Heights.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026
Fiction is inherently adulterous.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026

Definition of adulterous

Noun

The Royal Family, whose relations with Spencer have long been strained, are said to fear the book could contain numerous bombshells about Charles and Diana’s relationship, which was infamously plagued by adultery and acrimony.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
Its citizens held slaves, some of whom were shackled for committing adultery.

— Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of adultery

Noun

Washington’s track record, after all, is defined by betrayal.

— Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026
Pulled into the action is Liz Gold, an idealistic young woman whose courage and conviction force Leamas to navigate a world where loyalties fracture and betrayal is inevitable.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of betrayal

Verb

The problem with this style is when our awareness of others comes at the cost of betraying ourselves.

— Joanna Horton McPherson, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
The same goes for the guys, who reveal new layers of complexity in the movie’s later scenes that deepen our perception of them without betraying or undercutting the ugliness that has come before.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of betraying

Adjective

In the space of a few paragraphs, Ned will abandon and recover his child, bungle an extramarital affair, win and lose, experience ecstasy and dejection.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
But there is no reliable historical evidence for the cruelty, extramarital affairs, or emotional abuse that Monster attributes to the Borden household.

— Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of extramarital

Noun

Manchester City, one of the most successful teams in the world in recent years, has been found guilty of systematically cheating – financially doping its way to dominance for the best part of a decade.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
Practically everyone, regardless of political affiliation, must understand by now that there simply is no evidence of widespread — significant, meaningful — voter cheating in California or anywhere else in America.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of cheating

Adjective

Others argue that the district’s tiniest campuses are unable to offer the full breadth of academic courses and extracurricular activities.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
So Helen networks to get Bo and Mido admitted to an elite hagwon—an extracurricular cram school—and sends DH, an athlete, to Andover, then Yale.

— Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of extracurricular

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