Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of two-time
- not comparableSexually or romantically unfaithful.
That two-timing SOB really hurt my feelings.
1 more example
The troubles can be endless: a mix-up on meals, a shortage of liquor, engine difficulties, other mechanical quirks, male pinchers, female whiners, vomiting children, two-timing stewardesses who steal your man, and, once in awhile,^([sic]) a plane that takes a good friend to a fiery death.
1967, Trudy Baker, Rachel Jones, Donald Bain (uncredited), Coffee, Tea, or Me?: The Uninhibited Memoirs of Two Airline Stewardesses, New York: Bantam Books, page 3
- uncountableThe practice of being sexually or romantically unfaithful.
His two-timing wrecked his marriage.
Synonyms: adultery, cheating, cuckoldry, infidelity, promiscuity, unfaithfulness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe practice of being sexually or romantically unfaithful.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot faithful to a spouse or lover
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
German Fremdgehen
- Fremdgehenpractice of being unfaithful to one's partner
Cite this entry
two-timing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/two-timing
“two-timing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/two-timing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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