Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
One who plays at courtship; a fickle lover; a flirt (usually applies only to men).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Someone who engages in casual sex, usually frequently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: womanizer, womaniser
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: libertine, debauchee, rounder, man, adult male
Narrower terms: Casanova, Don Juan, Lothario, wolf, woman chaser, skirt chaser, masher
History
From philander (“lover”) + -er, from Ancient Greek φίλανδρος (phílandros), from φίλος (phílos, “love”) + ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).
Across languages
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
