Synonyms of philandering

philandering

verb

present participle of philander

as in cheating

to be sexually unfaithful

he can't seem to stop philandering, even now that he's on his fifth marriage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheating
• womanizing
• screwing around
• fornicating
• stepping out
• playing (around)
• sleeping
• mating
• lying
• copulating
• coupling
• fooling around
• lusting
• catting (around)
• tomcatting (around)
• making out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of philandering

More than 20 years later, a middle-aged Ash Williams spends his days drinking, philandering, and working that same dead-end job. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 10 July 2026

One was Buck Strickland, Hank Hill’s philandering boss, who has many of LBJ’s characteristics including carrying on conversations while on the toilet. — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2026

About deluded coaches and philandering teammates and practice-field punch-ups. — Leander Schaerlaeckens june 8, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026

Specifically by unpacking Yasmin’s issues with her philandering father. — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 8 June 2026

In 2022, Austrian director Marie Kreutzer released Corsage, the excellent feminist re-reading of the life of 19th century Empress Elizabeth, known as Sissi, with Vicki Krieps as the eccentric, anorexic empress and Florian Teichtmeister as her philandering husband, Franz Joseph I. — Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 15 May 2026

Philip Seymour Hoffman played him on Broadway as a near-psychotic, his philandering very much to blame for the fall of his elder son, Biff. — Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026

The writer reckons with the charismatic, philandering father who tried to mold his son in his image. — Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026

Released in 1958, Attack told of a wealthy heiress, fresh from a stint at a mental institution, who is turned into a giantess and then deals with her philandering husband and his no-good, money-grubbing floozy. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026