Synonyms of philanderer

philanderer

noun

fə-ˈlan-dər-ər 

as in womanizer

a man given to seducing women

an incorrigible philanderer who was often in lust and never in love

Synonyms & Similar Words

• womanizer
• lover
• lecher
• lothario
• Casanova
• wolf
• satyr
• Don Juan
• masher
• paramour
• seducer
• lady-killer
• lounge lizard
• Romeo
• debaucher
• whoremonger
• amorist
• romancer
• gallant
• ladies' man
• whoremaster

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of philanderer

There were, and are, persistent rumors that Bill Paley was a philanderer, rumors fictionalized and retold, in print and on television, like a game of telephone, the facts becoming murkier in each retelling. — Belle Burden, Vanity Fair, 6 Jan. 2026

Her dad was known as a community activist and leader, similar to her pastor ex-husband; and also similarly, was known to be a philanderer in his own right. — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2025

First there’s her dad (Woody Harrelson), an inveterate philanderer who would like to make amends — in order to please his new girlfriend. — Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 12 Dec. 2025

Richardson sorts out all of that, and sharpens the literary angles, but the triumph of True Nature is his understanding of Matthiessen as a man literally running wild over a very long and complicated life, a man of myriad contradictions and, tellingly, a serial philanderer. — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025