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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Recent Examples of philanderer
The Duke, a philanderer, has far less interest in mob rule than in chasing skirts.
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
Naming a proud state after such a philanderer is a royal embarrassment today.
—Nick Thomas, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2025
This hurt Flora, whose father was a philanderer.
—Sheila Heti, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
Just three seasons into his tenure on Saturday Night Live, the sparky 27-year-old has become a clear fan favorite—especially since debuting the smooth-talking, goateed philanderer Domingo last fall.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2025
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
Naming a proud state after such a philanderer is a royal embarrassment today.
—Nick Thomas, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2025
This hurt Flora, whose father was a philanderer.
—Sheila Heti, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
Just three seasons into his tenure on Saturday Night Live, the sparky 27-year-old has become a clear fan favorite—especially since debuting the smooth-talking, goateed philanderer Domingo last fall.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for philanderer
Noun
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Despite his reputation as a womanizer, the former King denies the affair in his memoir.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Keaton also starred as a playwright/mother who becomes involved with a nefarious womanizer (Jack Nicholson) in Something’s Gotta Give (2003), good for her fourth best actress Oscar nomination.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Oct. 2025
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Letterboxd is a social-media platform dedicated to film lovers, allowing users to log movies, review them, create lists, and follow other cinephiles.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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The show’s second season, based on Mona Kasten’s book Save You, follows the first installment, which found James Beaufort (Damien Hardung) and Ruby Bell (Harriet Herbig-Matten) go from enemies to lovers as the both worked hard to get into Oxford.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Philanderer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/philanderer. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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