philanderer
- noun
- /fɪˈlændərər/
- NSFW
- He was known as a philanderer, often seen with different women at social events.
- a serial philanderer
- a notorious philanderer
So what do you do when you had a serial philanderer ex?
- So what do you do when you had a serial philanderer ex?
- Hillary OK, so Bill Clinton is the sexual assaulter, cocaine head rapist, philanderer.
Examples
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One day, she married Tonton Gabriel, a philanderer of a husband who spent his time drinking rum, chasing skirts, and playing Besigue, a form of pinochle.
Fiction book (1997) -
Obviously a philanderer who trifles with unsuspecting women's hearts.
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Another friend had a father who was a philanderer.
Blog text (7) -
Voter: "Why should anyone vote for a philanderer like you?"
Academic text (2007) -
A philanderer whose affairs would be transparent to the world.
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He's a bit of a philanderer if you know what I mean.
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"The man's been a philanderer all his life."
Fiction book (2000) -
He was a sweet guy, but he was kind of a philanderer.
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John is one of the more blatant philanderers in the club.
Academic text (2001) -
"People used to talk about Bill as a philanderer, but his affairs weren't the talk of the town until Truman's story came out."
Blog text (27)
Synonyms
A person who has many romantic partners and avoids serious relationships
A man who has many short romantic relationships with women
A man who often charms and has sex with many women without caring about their feelings
A man who behaves selfishly and flirts with many women
A man who has many romantic or sexual relationships with women
A person who often seeks casual sex with many partners
A man who has many casual sexual partners
A man who many women find very attractive and who often takes advantage of them
A man who keeps trying to start romantic or sexual relationships with women in a pushy way
Antonyms
How Committed
- NSFW
- Offensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Philanderer comes from Greek parts phil- meaning 'love', the same phil- in philosophy, and anēr meaning 'man'. So it came to mean a man who flirts and has many short love affairs, which is why a philanderer is a man with many casual relationships.