as in womanizer
a man given to seducing women
a novel about the loveless existence of an aging lothario
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Recent Examples of lothario
Michael Park’s Zeus is a grade-A lothario, the kind of man your mother warned you about.
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David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2025
Nimoy's successors in the role, Zachary Quinto and Ethan Peck, have also negotiated the two sides of Spock's human/Vulcan heritage with style — Peck has even turned him into something of an interstellar lothario.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Honestly, what could be more French than a pastry chef who is also a lothario who is also a writer who is also a spy?
—Emily Temple
march 28, Literary Hub, 28 Mar. 2025
And now the unlikely Hollywood lothario is at again, and taking his talents to Palm Beach.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
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David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2025
Nimoy's successors in the role, Zachary Quinto and Ethan Peck, have also negotiated the two sides of Spock's human/Vulcan heritage with style — Peck has even turned him into something of an interstellar lothario.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Honestly, what could be more French than a pastry chef who is also a lothario who is also a writer who is also a spy?
—Emily Temple
march 28, Literary Hub, 28 Mar. 2025
And now the unlikely Hollywood lothario is at again, and taking his talents to Palm Beach.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lothario
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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That’s probably why class-crossed lovers make such fertile ground for fiction—look at Heathcliff and Cathy, or poor Scudder and Maurice.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Options for 2026 include food cruises that travel through Burgundy and Provence and a 15-day wine lovers cruise on the Rhine and Seine Rivers.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Lothario.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lothario. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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