Synonyms for infidelity
Most common
disloyalty unbelief irreligion faithlessness adultery unfaithfulness
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Faithlessness — lack of religious belief
faithlessness, disloyalty, unbelief, irreligion, nullifidianism
2. Unfaithfulness
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Lack of religious belief.
- n. 2
Unfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate (sexual or romantic) relationship: practice or instance of having a sexual or romantic affair with someone other than one's spouse, without the consent of the spouse.
Related words
- Word family
- infidel
Forms
- Plural
- infidelities → faithlessnesses, disloyalties, unbeliefs, irreligions…
Example sentences
- disloyalty I'm suffering because I discovered your disloyalty.
- irreligion I sense that irreligion is growing everywhere around this world.
- adultery According to many religions, adultery is a crime.
- unfaithfulness Long embassy and long travel lead to unfaithfulness.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| infidelity | rising | |
| disloyalty | steady | |
| unbelief | rising | |
| irreligion | steady | |
| faithlessness | rising | |
| adultery | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- betrayal3, adultery4, unbelief
- 9 letters
- disbelief3, cuckoldry
- 10 letters
- disloyalty4, irreligion
- 13 letters
- faithlessness
- 14 letters
- unfaithfulness, nullifidianism
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (betrayal3 = 3 syllables).