womanizer
Syllables: wom·an·iz·er/ˈwʊm.əˌnaɪ.zəɹ/
womanizer noun: a man who habitually flirts with and seduces, or attempts to seduce, women.
Noun
womanizer (plural womanizers)
- A man who habitually flirts with and seduces, or attempts to seduce, women.
- A couple of months ago, in a piece about the language of self-involvement, I quoted a girlfriend of Woody Allen as having described the actor as “very much of a womanizer, very self-involved”.1987 May 3, William Safire, “ON LANGUAGE; Vamping Till Ready”, in The New York Times
- Sometimes the stereotype is framed as light and cheeky—think the “boys will be boys” mentality exemplified by sitcom womanizers such as How I Met Your Mothers Barney Stinson or '''Two and a Half Mens Charlie Harper.2012 November 27, Rachel Hills, “No, Not Every Guy Wants to be a Player”, in The Atlantic
- Synonyms:
- bounder, cad, Casanova, lady's man, lecher, Lothario, philanderer, playboy, player, rake
womanizer meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
womanizer in Tamil
- பெண்களை மயக்குபவன், காமுகன், பெண்பித்தன், பொம்பளை பொறுக்கி
womanizer in Urdu
- womanizer, philogynist
- زن مرید zan-murīd
womanizer in Bengali
- womanizer, playboy
- মেয়েবাজ meẏebaj
womanizer in Malayalam
- philanderer, Casanova, Don Juan
- വിടൻ, സ്ത്രീജിതൻ, നാരീജിതൻ, നാരീതരംഗകൻ, നാരീപരായണൻ, സ്ത്രീലോലൻ
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- womanizer in Tagalog
- babaero
- womanizer in Arabic
- زِير نِسَاء zīr nisāʔ, مُتَأَنِّق mutaʔanniq
- womanizer in Indonesian
- bandot, buaya darat
- womanizer in Thai
- เสือผู้หญิง sʉ̌ʉa-pûu-yǐng
Synonyms of womanizer
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Forms of womanizer
| plural | womanizers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | womaniser |
Origin of womanizer
From womanize + -er (agent noun).
Words formed from womanizer
Questions about womanizer
- What does womanizer mean?
- Womanizer means a man who habitually flirts with and seduces, or attempts to seduce, women.
- What is womanizer in Tamil?
- Womanizer in Tamil is பெண்களை மயக்குபவன், காமுகன், பெண்பித்தன். See Womanizer meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is womanizer?
- Womanizer is a noun.
- How do you pronounce womanizer?
- Womanizer is pronounced /ˈwʊm.əˌnaɪ.zəɹ/ (US).
- What is the plural of womanizer?
- The plural of womanizer is womanizers.
Words near womanizer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: womanizer (page history and authors); womanizer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); زن مرید (Urdu) (page history and authors); মেয়েবাজ (Bengali) (page history and authors); womanizer (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset 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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