fornicator

One who transgresses

A fornicator is someone who engages in sexual intercourse outside of marriage.

The term carries moral or religious judgment, appearing most often in biblical contexts or conservative religious discourse: The preacher warned that fornicators would face divine punishment.

In casual use, it sounds deliberately archaic or satirical.

promiscuous

libertine

One lacking moral restraint

playboy · rake · lecher · debauchee · roue · seducer · Don Juan · gigolo · satyr · wolf

adulterer

infidelity

Disloyalty to a partner

affair · betrayal · two-timer · cuckold · mistress · paramour · illicit · lover · tryst · homewrecker

sinful

immoral

Contrary to ethical principles

impious · profane · irreligious · harlotry · transgressor · unclean · lust · carnal · flesh · hellbound

Categories
Opposites
sexual conduct

fornicatorcelibate

Abstaining from sex

virgin · abstinent · monk · ascetic · nun

MORAL CHARACTER (religious/traditional framing)

fornicatorsaint

Canonized holy person

pure soul · innocent · man of God

Family

fornication, fornicate, fornicated, fornicating, fornicates, fornicators, fornications

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated R