Word Type

Noun

The word "adultery" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

friend's wedding

Capable Of

destroy marriages

Causes

rage

Causes Desire

stop being married to

Derived Terms

adulterize antiadultery commit adultery

Etymologically Related To

adult avoutrie

Context

bible ecclesiastical political economy

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

extramarital sex free love

Type Of (IsA)

extramarital sex grounds for divorce sin

Related Terms

adulter adulterant adulterate adulteration adulterator adulterer adulteress adulterine adulterise adulterous

Related Terms

adulter adulterant adulterate adulteration adulterator adulterer adulteress adulterine adulterise adulterous affair bishop bishopric cheating corruption degradation extramarital sex fine injury marriage marriage corruption penalty religion ruin sin spouse

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.