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
Kudos to Gosling, though, for making the skinny-suit-wearing womanizer Jacob more than just an exceptionally sculpted torso.
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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
Despite his reputation as a womanizer, the former King denies the affair in his memoir.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 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
At the time of her birth, her father, Albert, an itinerant merchant and womanizer, was absent and her parents unmarried.
—Leslie Camhi, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
Gabby dislikes Sebastian, perceiving him as an entitled womanizer.
—EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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
Despite his reputation as a womanizer, the former King denies the affair in his memoir.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 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
At the time of her birth, her father, Albert, an itinerant merchant and womanizer, was absent and her parents unmarried.
—Leslie Camhi, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
Gabby dislikes Sebastian, perceiving him as an entitled womanizer.
—EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for womanizer
Noun
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But her lover, the increasingly controlling and unhinged army corporal Don José, is gradually dimished to lurking in the shadows and hiding in crowds.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2026
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Her lover, Cavaradossi, is accused of helping an enemy of the state, and is framed by a corrupt and violent police chief, Baron Scarpia.—
Courtney Lewis,
Florida Times-Union,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The wolf is humility and the turtle is truth.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
29 Mar. 2026
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Further, forcing suburban commuter cities to sit at the table with the city of San Diego controlling 42 of 100 votes on the SANDAG board is like two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.—
John Franklin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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There were, and are, persistent rumors that Bill Paley was a philanderer, rumors fictionalized and retold, in print and on television, like a game of telephone, the facts becoming murkier in each retelling.—
Belle Burden,
Vanity Fair,
6 Jan. 2026
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Beforehand, as one attendee told me, the mood regarding Trump was distinctly downbeat, with much grumbling over his record as a philanderer and his multiple divorces.—
Andrew Cockburn,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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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 1 Apr. 2026.
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