philander

Other forms of philander

past tense

philanderred·

present participle

philanderring·

third person

philanders·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about philander

What does philander mean?

philander means "have amorous affairs; of men". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in philander?

philander has 3 syllables: phi-lan-der. The stress falls on "lan". In IPA it is /fəˈlændɚ/.

What is another word for philander?

Close synonyms include womanize, womanise, chat up, flirt, dally. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is philander a common word?

philander is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with philander?

2 words rhyme with philander. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.