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TWO-TIMER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does two-timer mean?
• TWO-TIMER (noun)
The noun TWO-TIMER has 2 senses:
1. someone who deceives a lover or spouse by carrying on a sexual relationship with somebody else
2. a person who says one thing and does another
Familiarity information: TWO-TIMER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who deceives a lover or spouse by carrying on a sexual relationship with somebody else
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("two-timer" is a kind of...):
beguiler; cheat; cheater; deceiver; slicker; trickster (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who says one thing and does another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
betrayer; double-crosser; double-dealer; traitor; two-timer
Hypernyms ("two-timer" is a kind of...):
beguiler; cheat; cheater; deceiver; slicker; trickster (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "two-timer"):
Judas (someone who betrays under the guise of friendship)
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