as in womanizer
a man given to seducing women
the biography portrays the star as a dishonest and uncouth lecher
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Recent Examples of lecher
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.
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Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2021
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
The Barber of Seville Cinnabar Theater presents Rossini’s romantic comedy opera about a savvy young woman must outsmart a pompous old lecher who stands between her and her true love.
—SFChronicle.com, 18 June 2019
Initially, a number of people complained to Traubel’s mother that her son shouldn’t associate with such an old lecher, but Traubel volunteered to run errands for the increasingly infirm Whitman.
—Brenda Wineapple, The New York Review of Books, 18 Apr. 2019
Melnik was a mocker and an unbeliever, a lecher, a contrary creature.
—Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2018
All of a sudden women recoiled, the ethos tilted, and now the tumbrel is moving briskly through Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Capitol Hill, and beyond, carrying lechers, perverts, and boors into job-threatening disgrace.
—Alessandra Stanley, Town & Country, 3 Jan. 2018
Defending an inveterate liar, lecher, and abuser is trickier than speaking for Jesus.
—William Saletan, Slate Magazine, 19 Oct. 2017
Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2021
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
The Barber of Seville Cinnabar Theater presents Rossini’s romantic comedy opera about a savvy young woman must outsmart a pompous old lecher who stands between her and her true love.
—SFChronicle.com, 18 June 2019
Initially, a number of people complained to Traubel’s mother that her son shouldn’t associate with such an old lecher, but Traubel volunteered to run errands for the increasingly infirm Whitman.
—Brenda Wineapple, The New York Review of Books, 18 Apr. 2019
Melnik was a mocker and an unbeliever, a lecher, a contrary creature.
—Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2018
All of a sudden women recoiled, the ethos tilted, and now the tumbrel is moving briskly through Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Capitol Hill, and beyond, carrying lechers, perverts, and boors into job-threatening disgrace.
—Alessandra Stanley, Town & Country, 3 Jan. 2018
Defending an inveterate liar, lecher, and abuser is trickier than speaking for Jesus.
—William Saletan, Slate Magazine, 19 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lecher
Noun
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Despite his reputation as a womanizer, the former King denies the affair in his memoir.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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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
Noun
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Letterboxd is a social-media platform dedicated to film lovers, allowing users to log movies, review them, create lists, and follow other cinephiles.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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The show’s second season, based on Mona Kasten’s book Save You, follows the first installment, which found James Beaufort (Damien Hardung) and Ruby Bell (Harriet Herbig-Matten) go from enemies to lovers as the both worked hard to get into Oxford.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
10 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Lecher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lecher. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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