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PHILANDER
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they philander ... he / she / it philanders
Past simple: philandered
Past participle: philandered
-ing form: philandering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
Example:
My husband never flirts with other women
Synonyms:
butterfly; chat up; coquet; coquette; dally; flirt; mash; philander; romance
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "philander" is one way to...):
speak; talk (exchange thoughts; talk with)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "philander"):
wanton (engage in amorous play)
vamp (act seductively with (someone))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Have amorous affairs; of men
Example:
He has been womanizing for years
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "philander" is one way to...):
interact (act together or towards others or with others)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
philanderer (a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them)
