philander[noun]Synonyms: wolf, Casanova, chaser, Don Juan, ladies' man, lady-killer, masher, philanderer, womanizer
[verb]Synonyms: fool (around), mess around, play (around), wolf, womanize
Related Idioms: skirt chaser, chase skirts, play Don Juan, play the femmes
Related Words: dally,
flirt,
trifle,
chase,
pursue,
*cat (around),
tomcat (around) [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
philander noun.Also (in sense 1)
Philander; (in sense 2)
filander.
L17.[In sense 1 from Greek philandros adjective, fond of men, loving one's husband, formed as PHILO- + andr-, anēr man, male, husband; in sense 2 from K. Philander de Bruyn, 18th-cent. Dutch naturalist.]1. (A name for) a lover. Cf.
PHILLIS.
L17-E19.2. Any of various unrelated marsupial mammals, esp. S. American opossums of the genus
Philander (also
philander opossum).
M18-L19. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲