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
In one of our conversations, Apatow brought up the episode in which one of the geeks of Freaks and Geeks, Neal Schweiber (played by Samm Levine), confronts his philandering father by telling hostile jokes about him through a ventriloquist puppet.
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Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for philandering
cheating
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The type of state where he’s been found guilty of cheating cheating, and she’s been found guilty of emotionally cheating.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
19 Sep. 2025
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You guys have been dealing with the fallout of this cheating scandal for three years.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Philandering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/philandering. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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