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[ UK /fɪlˈændɐ/ ]
[ US /fəˈɫændɝ/ ]
VERB
  1. have amorous affairs; of men
    He has been womanizing for years
  2. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
    My husband never flirts with other women
    The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries

How To Use philander In A Sentence

  • Posting articles about ethical polyamoury on a philanderer's site is like putting pictures of hands on a foot fetishist site.
  • Bena and her husband, a condescending, philandering doctor named Ted, arrive in Pueblo, Colo., in the midst of a drought, as well as the Depression. As The Pages Turn
  • The man was not chauvinist for cheating on his wife indiscreetly; he was simply a philandering husband.
  • Wagging tongues philandered from "Foley, who? and Hastert knew when?" to "George Allen's" Macaca "and Jim Webb wrote what? Crystal Syben Haidl: Fondling Democracy
  • She philandered with some of them up to the point where comparisons become inevitable, and, so long as they met her in a spirit of frank camaraderie, it was agreeable enough; but when, with their commonplace minds, they presumed to be sentimental, they became intolerable. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius
  • I hate to be the one to tell this woman that voles don't entertain thoughts of adultery, nor do they defend a lady vole's honor, nor do they "philander," because voles don't commit adultery, and they don't have honor. Book review: 'For Better: The Science of a Good Marriage,' by Tara Parker-Pope
  • There are hit men, murderers, philanderers, thieves, betrayers, and other assorted riff-raff.
  • Hollywood philandering
  • He spent a lot of his life philandering, that is to say, cheating on my mom, making her insanely miserable.
  • Philip was a serial philanderer who did not bother to conduct his affairs very discreetly, which infuriated the moody and jealous Joan.
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