womanisers

Men chasing many

Womanisers is the British spelling of womanizers—men who pursue casual sexual relationships with many women.

The term carries disapproval, suggesting someone who treats women as conquests rather than partners: He had a reputation as one of the worst womanisers in Hollywood.

The singular is womaniser.

archetype

Don Juan

Legendary womanizer archetype

Errol Flynn · Warren Beatty · ladykiller · rake · rogue · seducer · charmer · lover · tempter · silver fox

behavior

philanderer

Habitual romantic cheater

  • seducerOne who lures romantically
  • flirtPlayfully attract attention
  • cheatAct dishonestly to win

playboy · lothario · roué · rake · libertine · adulterer · unfaithful · promiscuous · affairs · infidelity

psychology

narcissism

Excessive admiration of oneself

validation · ego · thrill-seeking · manipulation · emotional unavailability · compulsion · pattern · self-esteem · midlife crisis · immaturity

consequences

heartbreak

Crushing emotional pain

mistress · affair · broken home · reputation · disgrace · paternity · alimony · exposure · tabloid · infamy

Opposites
romantic fidelity

womanisersmonogamists

Single-partner relationship practitioners

family men · homebodies · romantics

respect for partners

womanisersgentlemen

Men of refinement

feminists · egalitarians · allies

sexual restraint

womaniserscelibates

Those avoiding sexual activity

monks · ascetics · abstainers · prudes · virgins

Family

womaniser, womanise, womanises, womanised

Familiarity
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Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13