noun
Meaning 1
A charming person; one who charms or seduces; a smoothie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
charmer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈt͡ʃɑɹmɚ/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)
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noun
Meaning 2
An enchanter or magician.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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noun
Meaning 3
A rude or unpleasant person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ironic
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noun
Meaning 4
a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: beguiler
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Narrower terms: heartbreaker
noun
Meaning 5
someone with an assured and ingratiating manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: smoothie, smoothy, sweet talker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretender
History
Etymology
From Middle English charmer, charmere, equivalent to charm + -er.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: магьосник (magjosnik) — charming person
- Chinese Mandarin: 迷人者 (mírén zhě) — charming person
- Chinese Mandarin: 魅力人物 (mèilì rénwù) — charming person
- Finnish: hurmuri — charming person
- Finnish: hurmaaja — charming person
- French: charmeur — charming person
- French: charmeuse — charming person
- German: Charmeur — charming person
- German: Charmeurin — charming person
- Hindi: मोहन (mohan) — charming person
- Latin: dēlēnītor — charming person
- Polish: czaruś — charming person
- Romanian: șarmeur — charming person
- Scottish Gaelic: druidh — charming person
- Spanish: encantador — charming person
- Spanish: encantadora — charming person
- Swedish: charmör — charming person
- Swedish: tjusare — charming person
- Chinese Mandarin: 魔法師 /魔法师 (mófǎshī) — enchanter or magician
- Chinese Mandarin: 魔術師 /魔术师 (móshùshī) — enchanter or magician
- Chinese Mandarin: 巫師 /巫师 (wūshī) — enchanter or magician
- Finnish: silmänkääntäjä — enchanter or magician
- Finnish: lumoaja — enchanter or magician
- French: enchanteur — enchanter or magician
- French: enchanteresse — enchanter or magician
- Polish: zaklinacz — enchanter or magician
- Chinese Mandarin: 討厭鬼 /讨厌鬼 — rude or unpleasant person
- Finnish: mukava tyyppi — rude or unpleasant person