Synonyms for unfaithfulness
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Noun
1. Infidelity
infidelity, disloyalty, perfidy, fickleness, bad faith, dereliction, inconstancy, cuckoldry, faithlessness
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The characteristic of being unfaithful.
Forms
- Plural
- unfaithfulnesses → infidelities, disloyalties, perfidies, ficklenesses…
Example sentences
- infidelity Sami's infidelity was his closely guarded secret.
- disloyalty I'm suffering because I discovered your disloyalty.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unfaithfulness | rising | |
| infidelity | rising | |
| disloyalty | steady | |
| perfidy | steady | |
| fickleness | steady | |
| recreancy | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- perfidy3
- 9 letters
- cuckoldry, recreancy
- 10 letters
- infidelity5, disloyalty4, fickleness3
- 11 letters
- dereliction4, inconstancy4
- 13 letters
- faithlessness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (perfidy3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- infidélité
- Italiano
- infedeltà
- Deutsch
- Untreue