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Synonyms for cuckold

Most common

cheat on cheat betray wander

All synonyms

Verb

1. Cheat on

cheat on, cheat, betray, wander

Other

put horns on, horn slang dated, hornify dated

Noun

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To make a cuckold or cuckquean of someone by committing adultery, or by seducing their partner or spouse.

  2. n. 1

    A man married to an adulterous spouse, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.

    If I never marry, I shall never be a cuckold.

Related words

Word family
cuck cuckolder cuckoldly cuckoldry cuckoldy cuckquean
Is a kind of
husband

Forms

Plural
cuckolds → cowfishes, cucks…
Past participle
cuckolded
e.g. cuckolded → cheated, betrayed, wandered, horned…

Example sentences

  • cheat I felt like hitting him when he tried to cheat me.
  • wander You had better not wander around here by yourself.
  • betray "I loved you, Mary." "Then why did you betray me?"

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
cuckoldrising
cheatrising
wanderrising
betrayrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
horn1, cuck
5 letters
cheat1
6 letters
wander2, betray2
7 letters
cowfish, hornify

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wander2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
cocufier