Definition

1. Verb:
   • To engage in casual or promiscuous sexual relationships with multiple women, typically as a habitual pattern of behavior. This term is specifically used to describe the actions of men.

Usage

• The verb "womanise" describes a man's repeated pursuit of multiple, often casual, sexual encounters with different women. It carries a negative connotation, implying irresponsibility or a lack of commitment in personal relationships. It is used in active constructions.
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Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in continuous tenses or perfect tenses to describe an ongoing or long-term pattern of behavior.
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Variants and Related Words

• Womanize: The preferred spelling in American English.
• Womaniser/Womanizer (noun): A man who habitually womanises.
  • He gained a reputation as a notorious womanizer.
• Womanising/Womanizing (gerund/noun): The activity or practice of womanising.
  • His womanizing was an open secret.

Synonyms

• Philander: To engage in multiple casual love affairs.
• Sleep around (idiomatic): To have many casual sexual partners.
• Sow one's wild oats (idiomatic): To engage in youthful promiscuity (often implies it is a phase).

Antonyms

• Be faithful: To be loyal to one partner.
• Settle down: To enter a stable, committed relationship.
• Monogamize: To practice monogamy (rarely used as a verb).

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "To have a roving eye": To be habitually unfaithful or constantly looking for new romantic/sexual partners.
  • He could never commit because he always had a roving eye.
• "To play the field": To date or have romantic relationships with many people.
  • He's not ready for a serious relationship; he's still playing the field.

Verb

1. have amorous affairs; of men
   • He has been womanizing for years