as in cheating
to be sexually unfaithful
he can't seem to stop philandering, even now that he's on his fifth marriage
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Recent Examples of philandering
One was Buck Strickland, Hank Hill’s philandering boss, who has many of LBJ’s characteristics including carrying on conversations while on the toilet.
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Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2026
About deluded coaches and philandering teammates and practice-field punch-ups.
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Leander Schaerlaeckens
june 8,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
Specifically by unpacking Yasmin’s issues with her philandering father.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Jan. 2026
The immortal residents of Mount Olympus—philandering Zeus and his cascading (sometimes circular) family tree—governed every aspect of human existence.
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Rachel Vorona Cote,
The Atlantic,
5 Jan. 2026
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
The immortal residents of Mount Olympus—philandering Zeus and his cascading (sometimes circular) family tree—governed every aspect of human existence.
—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
The Atlantic,
5 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for philandering
cheating
Verb
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For example, a spouse who catches their partner cheating and kills someone in the heat of emotion.
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Few colleges have developed an intellectual integrity curriculum that treats cheating as a habit and works to counter it over the four years of a student’s college education.
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“Philandering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/philandering. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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