extramarital affair
Outside the marriage
An extramarital affair is a sexual or romantic relationship with someone other than one's spouse.
The phrase carries implications of secrecy and betrayal: She discovered her husband's extramarital affair through text messages.
Often shortened to simply affair when context makes the meaning clear.
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- cheating spouseUnfaithful marriage partner
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- infidelityDisloyalty to a partner
- assignationsPlanned secret meetings
paramour · secret lover · divorce · trysts · betrayal · broken vows · clandestine · guilt · secrecy · unfaithful · scandal · caught red-handed · alimony · concubinage · jealousy · homewrecker · custody battles · shame
- forbidden loveforbidden love, forbidden romance, illicit love, secret love, forbidden fruit
- infidelityadultery, adulteress, cheating, cheater, affairs
- affairsaffairs, foreign affairs, current affairs, world affairs, international affairs
- betrayalbackstab, betray, betrayal, traitor, backstabber
fidelity
extramarital affairmarital fidelity
Loyalty within marriage
faithfulness · monogamy · loyalty · marital devotion · fidelity
marriage, married, affair, marrying, marital, matrimonial, extramarital, premarital