as in lover
a man given to seducing women
the candidate's reputation as a womanizer really cost him with voters
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Recent Examples of womanizer
Cohen plays Damien Sachs, a womanizer who wakes up in a parallel universe dominated by women.
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Past friends and former associates described him to me as an exceptionally cunning con man, a consummate charmer, and a womanizer.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 3 Apr. 2026
After years of being known as a womanizer, Barney settled down and married Robin in the show's final season.
—Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
Kudos to Gosling, though, for making the skinny-suit-wearing womanizer Jacob more than just an exceptionally sculpted torso.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
The brothers, their lawyers conceded, were womanizers.
—Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
Sandro Petraglia’s script characterizes him as a dashing rogue out of his depth, an artistic genius in an illicit trade, a disco-loving womanizer, all of which Castellitto performs with confidence.
—Rory Doherty, Time, 26 Jan. 2026
The same outlet had previously reported that Urban’s been a womanizer for years.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 11 Nov. 2025
Keaton also starred as a playwright/mother who becomes involved with a nefarious womanizer (Jack Nicholson) in Something’s Gotta Give (2003), good for her fourth best actress Oscar nomination.
—Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Past friends and former associates described him to me as an exceptionally cunning con man, a consummate charmer, and a womanizer.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 3 Apr. 2026
After years of being known as a womanizer, Barney settled down and married Robin in the show's final season.
—Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
Kudos to Gosling, though, for making the skinny-suit-wearing womanizer Jacob more than just an exceptionally sculpted torso.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
The brothers, their lawyers conceded, were womanizers.
—Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
Sandro Petraglia’s script characterizes him as a dashing rogue out of his depth, an artistic genius in an illicit trade, a disco-loving womanizer, all of which Castellitto performs with confidence.
—Rory Doherty, Time, 26 Jan. 2026
The same outlet had previously reported that Urban’s been a womanizer for years.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 11 Nov. 2025
Keaton also starred as a playwright/mother who becomes involved with a nefarious womanizer (Jack Nicholson) in Something’s Gotta Give (2003), good for her fourth best actress Oscar nomination.
—Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for womanizer
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Itineraries guide food-lovers to Breyðvirkið, the Faroe Islands’ sole artisanal sourdough bakery, renowned for its exceptional coffee and its ‘BMO’ (bolle med ost), a classic Scandinavian breakfast of a fresh sourdough bun with butter and cheese.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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These thin sheets of lead containing scratches of supernatural desires were used to sway a court case, target a rival, or even a lover, as per Archaeology News.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
20 June 2026
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In Ukraine, home to more than a third of Europe’s biodiversity, constant shelling and drone attacks have already prompted whole populations of wolves, deer and other large mammals to seek asylum far from the nightly explosions and aerial whistles.—
The Los Angeles Times,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
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Continue reading … BEHIND BARS — 'Happy Face' killer warns fellow serial killer Rex Heuermann could be 'tossed to the wolves' in prison.—
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FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
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All that, plus Liev Schreiber as a pill-popping philanderer named Tag, Dakota Fanning in pregnancy prosthetics, and Donna Lynne Champlin as the beleaguered detective trying to solve the murder.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 May 2026
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Is Jack a do-nothing philanderer while Shyanne desperately tries to preserve their five-year romance, or is the truth more complicated than that?—
Todd Gilchrist,
IndieWire,
7 May 2026
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Released on March 24, 1971, the conceptual song cycle of a poetic middle-aged lecher crashing his Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost and subsequently romancing the teenage Nelson, profoundly impacted everyone from Beck to Air, Portishead to Pulp.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
19 Mar. 2021
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The bawdy comic story lines are well-performed, most prominently by Brian Ibsen as the pompous lecher, Lucio.—
Philip Brandes,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Oct. 2019
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In the movie’s fuzzy metaphysics, Shelley wills herself into the consciousness of a character named Ida (also played by Buckley), a young woman angling for survival in 1930s Chicago — a colorful, dangerous world of bawdy lotharios and lethal gangsters.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Or where LaKeith Stanfield, as an elusive local lothario, uses his legend-has-it oral sex skills to literally suck the souls out of women.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Womanizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/womanizer. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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