two-timer

Questions about two-timer

What does two-timer mean?

two-timer means "someone who deceives a lover or spouse by carrying on a sexual relationship with somebody else". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in two-timer?

two-timer has 3 syllables and divides as two--ti-mer under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for two-timer?

Close synonyms include double-crosser, double-dealer, betrayer, traitor. 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 two-timer a common word?

two-timer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.