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Cuckold

A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress.

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Cozen 76% connected

To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Deceive 76% connected

To lead into error; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true; to impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to disappoint; to delude; to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Delude 76% connected

To lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or judgment of; to beguile; to impose on; to dupe; to make a fool of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hubby 76% connected

Full of hubs or protuberances; as, a road that has been frozen while muddy is hubby.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Husband 76% connected

The male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Wittol 76% connected

The wheatear.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Betray 74% connected

To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Betray 74% connected

To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Betray 92% connected

To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Cheat 92% connected

An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Wander 92% connected

To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fi…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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