wom·an·ize
ˈwu̇-mə-ˌnīz 
womanized; womanizing
: to make effeminate
: to pursue casual sexual relationships with multiple women
womanizer
noun
wom·an·iz·er
-zə(r)
plural -s
: a man who pursues or associates illicitly with women
men who had been terrific womanizers—
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Kate Stroup, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Dec. 2025
Ella is named the new governor of her home state, juggling a stressful job and chaotic personal life alongside her helpful aunt (Jamie Lee Curtis) and womanizing dad (Woody Harrelson).
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Beyoncé Honors Tina Turner at Paris 'Renaissance' Show At the time, few knew the horrors of her life offstage and in studios with her abusive and womanizing husband.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2023
That his father was a difficult, violent, womanizing alcoholic, holding 34 jobs in 44 years.
—Karen Heller, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
In Hud, Newman plays a womanizing rebel who refuses to play by society’s rules, which Kennedy watched in Feb. 1963.
—Matt Novak, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
To womanize is a broad term.
—ABC News, 31 Oct. 2021
Naïve young newlyweds Fred and Rose (Odessa Young and Logan Lerman) are new in town and make the questionable decision take up residence with the reclusive Jackson and her womanizing hubby (Michael Stuhlbarg).
—Kathy Passero, cleveland, 5 June 2020
In fact, Warren Beatty’s character in 1975’s Shampoo was reportedly based on Sebring’s womanizing ways.
—Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2019
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Verb
Platonic pal/co-worker/womanizing roommate Eddie (the hunky Hugh Jackman) had asked her last-minute to attend a party, so Jane goes there looking for him.
—Kate Stroup, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Dec. 2025
Ella is named the new governor of her home state, juggling a stressful job and chaotic personal life alongside her helpful aunt (Jamie Lee Curtis) and womanizing dad (Woody Harrelson).
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Beyoncé Honors Tina Turner at Paris 'Renaissance' Show At the time, few knew the horrors of her life offstage and in studios with her abusive and womanizing husband.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2023
That his father was a difficult, violent, womanizing alcoholic, holding 34 jobs in 44 years.
—Karen Heller, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
In Hud, Newman plays a womanizing rebel who refuses to play by society’s rules, which Kennedy watched in Feb. 1963.
—Matt Novak, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
To womanize is a broad term.
—ABC News, 31 Oct. 2021
Naïve young newlyweds Fred and Rose (Odessa Young and Logan Lerman) are new in town and make the questionable decision take up residence with the reclusive Jackson and her womanizing hubby (Michael Stuhlbarg).
—Kathy Passero, cleveland, 5 June 2020
In fact, Warren Beatty’s character in 1975’s Shampoo was reportedly based on Sebring’s womanizing ways.
—Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2019
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“Womanize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/womanize. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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