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Lothario

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /loʊˈθɛəɹioʊ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A man whose chief interest is seducing, usually women.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lady-killer, Casanova, Romeo, benedick, cad, drabber, fuck boy, fuck-boy, fuckboy, gallant, goat, he-bitch, himbo, homme fatal, horndog, loverboy, loverman, man ho, man whore, man-whore, manslut, manwhore, muttonmonger, philanderer, pimp, playboy, player, rakehell, rake, rip, rolling stone, rover, salty dog, satyriasist, satyromaniac, satyr, shag bandit, sleaze, smell-smock, striker, stringer, stud, swordsman, tart, tomcat, whoremonger, adulterer, bed-hopper, carpetmonger, chamberer, debauchee, debaucher, fornicator, lecher, lewdster, libertine, hood rat, rantipole, rizzler, roué, seducer, voluptuary, wanton

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of Lothario.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a successful womanizer; a man who behaves selfishly in his sexual relationships with women

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: womanizer, womaniser, philanderer

History

Etymology

Named after Lothario, a character in the play The Fair Penitent, a reference to a seducer of the same name in the metastory of the Quixote called The Impertinent Curious Man.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 好色之徒 (hàosèzhītú) — seducer
  • Czech: lamač dívčích srdcí — seducer
  • Czech: svůdník — seducer
  • Dutch: verleider — seducer
  • Dutch: rokkenjager — seducer
  • Finnish: naistenmies — seducer
  • French: coureur de jupons — seducer
  • French: don Juan — seducer
  • German: Don Juan — seducer
  • German: Schürzenjäger — seducer
  • Latin: femellarius — seducer
  • Latin: mulierarius — seducer
  • Macedonian: за́водник (závodnik) — seducer
  • Macedonian: заве́дувач (zavéduvač) — seducer
  • Macedonian: же́нкар (žénkar) — seducer
  • Macedonian: донжуа́н (donžuán) — seducer
  • Polish: uwodziciel — seducer
  • Polish: casanova — seducer
  • Portuguese: sedutor — seducer
  • Russian: ловела́с (lovelás) — seducer
  • Russian: бабник (babnik) — seducer
  • Spanish: seductor — seducer