Synonyms of playboy

playboy

noun

as in libertine

Related Words

• libertine
• roué
• rake
• epicure
• glutton
• bon vivant
• Epicurean
• playgirl
• hedonist
• gourmand
• sensualist
• voluptuary
• sybarite
• Cyrenaic
• debauchee
• decadent

Dissimilar Words

• ascetic
• wet blanket
• killjoy
• prude
• spoilsport
• straight arrow
• fuddy-duddy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of playboy

One recent afternoon, the Irish actor Aidan Turner, who plays the seedy playboy the Vicomte de Valmont in a new production of the show at the National Theatre, settled into an armchair in the hotel’s lounge. — Anna Russell, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

No wonder most of America’s 250 automakers wanted nothing to do with the race, which was bankrolled by a playboy heir to the Guggenheim fortune and intended to boost the World’s Fair, promote the automobile, and illuminate the need for better roads. — Eric Moskowitz, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026

The backstory The story begins with notorious playboy Huntington Hartford II, heir to the A&P empire, who set out to develop his own resort for the jet-setting elite on what was then known as Hog Island—Hartford successfully petitioned the Bahamian government to change its name. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 May 2026

Book three of Kennedy’s Off-Campus series, The Score, follows Dean, who’s something of a playboy thanks to his irresistible charm and good looks. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 28 May 2026