playboy
Syllables: play·boy/ˈpleɪbɔɪ/US/ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ/
playboy noun: a single man, especially a wealthy one, who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities.
Noun (1)
playboy (plural playboys)
- A single man, especially a wealthy one, who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities.
- Exclusive nightclubs are out of style with me / 'Cause I don't associate with high society / I don't hang around playboy millionaires / I'm just an ordinary guy you left behind1969, Joe Bataan, “Ordinary Guy”
- Synonyms:
- hedonist
Proper noun capitalized: Playboy
Playboy
- A brand of adult magazines introduced in the United States.
Noun (2) capitalized: Playboy
Playboy (plural Playboys)
- A Playboy magazine.
Adjective capitalized: Playboy
Playboy (comparative more Playboy, superlative most Playboy)
- Pertaining to a hedonistic philosophy and idealized women with exaggerated sexual characteristics.
- "More Playboy than us." Salli giggled. "I know. Only joking. I've been on Playboy's cover three times. They adore me." She giggled again.1998, Jackie Collins, Power, page 34
- And when you take a Playboy interview, where they pump sound bites into the media, it all sounds much harsher than you intended.2001, Jesse Ventura, Do I Stand Alone?: Going to the Mat Against Political Pawns and Media Jackals, page 31
playboy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
playboy in Hindi
- प्लेबॉय, प्लेब्वॉय
playboy in Tamil
- மைனர்
playboy in Marathi
- प्लेबॉय
playboy in Urdu
- پلے بوائے
More languagesFewer languages
- playboy in Bengali
- প্লেবয়, প্লেবয়ে
- playboy in Telugu
- ప్లేబాయ్
- playboy in Malayalam
- ലെെംഗികസുഖാന്വേഷിയായ പണക്കാരൻ, ഭോഗനിരതൻ, അഭികൻ, കാമി
- playboy in Kannada
- ಭೋಗಜೀವಿ, ಸುಖಲೋಲುಪ, ವಿಲಾಸಿ ತರುಣ
- playboy in Punjabi
- ਪਲੇਬੁਆਏ, ਪਲੇਬਾਏ, ਪਲੇਆਬਾਏ
- playboy in Gujarati
- પ્લેબોય, પ્લેબૉય, પ્લેબાય
- playboy in Odia
- ପ୍ଲେବଏ, ପ୍ଲେବଯ଼
- playboy in Nepali
- प्लेबॉय, प्लेब्वाय, प्लेब्वाई
- playboy in Tagalog
- palikero, pabling
- playboy in Arabic
- مُسْتَهْتَر mustahtar
- playboy in Persian
- عیاشی جوان 'ayâši joânne, پلیبوی playboy
Examples of playboy in a sentence
- The playboy seemed oblivious to his withering fortune as he continued in his decadent lifestyle.
- The island was a taxless paradise for rich playboys.
- But I also believe that our Reed, the glamorous playboy, fell rather heavily for you.
Synonyms of playboy
Forms of playboy
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | playboys |
| plural | Playboys |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more Playboy |
| superlative | most Playboy |
Origin of playboy
From play + boy.
Words formed from playboy
- playboyish
- playboyism
- playboylike
- Playboy bunny
Phrases with playboy
Questions about playboy
- What does playboy mean?
- Playboy means a single man, especially a wealthy one, who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities.
- What is playboy in Hindi?
- Playboy in Hindi is प्लेबॉय, प्लेब्वॉय. See Playboy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is playboy?
- Playboy can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce playboy?
- Playboy is pronounced /ˈpleɪbɔɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of playboy?
- The plural of playboy is playboys.
Words near playboy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: playboy (page history and authors); Playboy (page history and authors); playboy (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playboy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); playboy (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playboy (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playboy (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playboy (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playboy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); playboy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); playboy (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playboy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playboy (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playboy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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