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
The same outlet had previously reported that Urban’s been a womanizer for years.
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 11 Nov. 2025
Here, Victor Frankenstein (Ralph Bates) is a posh womanizer and stone-cold sociopath.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 9 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
Following her performances as southern womanizer Jamie in Drive-Away Dolls and fearless private detective Honey O’Donahue in Honey Don’t!
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2025
Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 11 Nov. 2025
Here, Victor Frankenstein (Ralph Bates) is a posh womanizer and stone-cold sociopath.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 9 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
Following her performances as southern womanizer Jamie in Drive-Away Dolls and fearless private detective Honey O’Donahue in Honey Don’t!
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for womanizer
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife employees are in the crosshairs, caught between mountain lion lovers on the left and anti-wolf advocates on the right.—
The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2026
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For the Reese’s lovers among us, John Kelly’s chocolates provide an upscale take on the candy classic.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
24 Jan. 2026
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Still, coyotes are a kind of wolf.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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In October, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, with help from federal conservation officials, killed four wolves from the Beyem Seyo pack, which had become unusually habituated to preying on cattle from ranches in Sierra Valley.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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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
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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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By the time Annie Hall came out, Keaton was already in a relationship with the legendary lothario Warren Beatty.—
Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
26 Dec. 2025
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In a Cinderella-esque twist, that woman is actually a maid named Sophie, who is right under the same roof as our lovestruck lothario.—
Jillian Sederholm,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Dec. 2025
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“Womanizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/womanizer. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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