as in womanizer
a man given to seducing women
an incorrigible philanderer who was often in lust and never in love
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Advertisement Though he had been banned from baseball since 1989, served five months in a federal prison camp for income tax evasion, was a known philanderer and a largely unsuccessful gambler, Rose remained one of the most beloved former athletes in the nation.
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Mike Kupper, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Naming a proud state after such a philanderer is a royal embarrassment today.
—Nick Thomas, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2025
All that, plus Liev Schreiber as a pill-popping philanderer named Tag, Dakota Fanning in pregnancy prosthetics, and Donna Lynne Champlin as the beleaguered detective trying to solve the murder.
—Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Though he had been banned from baseball since 1989, served five months in a federal prison camp for income tax evasion, was a known philanderer and a largely unsuccessful gambler, Rose remained one of the most beloved former athletes in the nation.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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Mike Kupper, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Naming a proud state after such a philanderer is a royal embarrassment today.
—Nick Thomas, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2025
All that, plus Liev Schreiber as a pill-popping philanderer named Tag, Dakota Fanning in pregnancy prosthetics, and Donna Lynne Champlin as the beleaguered detective trying to solve the murder.
—Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Though he had been banned from baseball since 1989, served five months in a federal prison camp for income tax evasion, was a known philanderer and a largely unsuccessful gambler, Rose remained one of the most beloved former athletes in the nation.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for philanderer
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7 June 2025
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The online marketplace is full of fellow antique lovers selling finds that date all the way back to the 1940s.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
7 June 2025
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“Philanderer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/philanderer. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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