cheat on

1. 1.

   be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

   “She cheats on her husband”

   “Might her husband be wandering?”

   Synonymscheatcuckoldbetraywander

   Broaderdeceive

   Narrowertwo-timeplay around

Questions about cheat on

What does cheat on mean?

cheat on means "be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage".

What is another word for cheat on?

Close synonyms include cheat, cuckold, betray, wander. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cheat on a common word?

cheat on is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.