Meanings
alternative extra-marital
- not comparableOccurring outside marriage.
Synonyms: illegitimate, extraconjugal, extramarriage, extracurricular
- not comparableAdulterous.
David H. Petraeus, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency and one of America’s most decorated four-star generals, resigned on Friday after an F.B.I. investigation uncovered evidence that he had been involved in an extramarital affair.
2012 November 9, Michael D. Shear, “Petraeus Quits; Evidence of Affair Was Found by F.B.I.”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOccurring outside marriage.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecharacterized by adultery
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
- Proto-Italic*eksteros
- Latinexter
- Latinextrā
- Englishextra-
- Englishmarital
- Englishextramarital
Translations
Bulgarian извънбра́чен
- извънбра́чен (izvănbráčen)taking place outside marriage
Catalan extramatrimonial, extraconjugal
- extramatrimonialtaking place outside marriage
- extraconjugaltaking place outside marriage
Chinese Mandarin 婚外
- 婚外 (hūnwài)taking place outside marriage
Czech mimomanželský
- mimomanželskýtaking place outside marriage
Danish udenomsægteskabelig, uden om ægteskabet
- udenomsægteskabeligtaking place outside marriage
- uden om ægteskabettaking place outside marriage
Dutch buitenechtelijk, buitenechtelijk
- buitenechtelijktaking place outside marriage
- buitenechtelijkadulterous — see also adulterous
Finnish avioliiton ulkopuolinen, ulkoaviollinen
- avioliiton ulkopuolinentaking place outside marriage
- ulkoaviollinentaking place outside marriage
- avioliiton ulkopuolinenadulterous — see also adulterous
- ulkoaviollinenadulterous — see also adulterous
French extraconjugal
- extraconjugaltaking place outside marriage
German außerehelich, außerehelich
- außerehelichtaking place outside marriage
- außerehelichadulterous — see also adulterous
Greek εξωγαμιαίος, εξωσυζυγικός
- εξωγαμιαίος (exogamiaíos)taking place outside marriage
- εξωσυζυγικός (exosyzygikós)taking place outside marriage
- μοιχευτικός (moicheftikós)adulterous — see also adulterous
Hungarian házasságon kívüli
- házasságon kívülitaking place outside marriage
Italian extraconiugale
- extraconiugaletaking place outside marriage
Japanese 婚外の
- 婚外の (kongai no)taking place outside marriage
Korean 혼외의
- 혼외의 (honoe'ui)taking place outside marriage
Norwegian Bokmål utenomekteskapelig
- utenomekteskapeligtaking place outside marriage
Polish pozamałżeński
- pozamałżeńskitaking place outside marriage
Portuguese extraconjugal
- extraconjugaltaking place outside marriage
Romanian extraconjugal
- extraconjugaltaking place outside marriage
Russian внебра́чный, внебра́чный
- внебра́чный (vnebráčnyj)taking place outside marriage
- внебра́чный (vnebráčnyj)adulterous — see also adulterous
Slovak mimomanželský
- mimomanželskýtaking place outside marriage
Spanish extramatrimonial, extramarital
- extramatrimonialtaking place outside marriage
- extramaritaltaking place outside marriage
Swahili nje ya ndoa, nje ya ndoa
- nje ya ndoataking place outside marriage
- nje ya ndoaadulterous — see also adulterous
Swedish utomäktenskaplig, utomäktenskaplig
- utomäktenskapligtaking place outside marriage
- utomäktenskapligadulterous — see also adulterous
Turkish evlilik dışı, gayrimeşru
- evlilik dışıtaking place outside marriage
- gayrimeşrutaking place outside marriage
Ukrainian позашлю́бний
- позашлю́бний (pozašljúbnyj)taking place outside marriage
Vietnamese ngoại hôn
- ngoại hôntaking place outside marriage
Cite this entry
extramarital. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extramarital
“extramarital.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extramarital. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extramarital,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extramarital.
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