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womanizer

noun · 2 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈwʊm.əˌnaɪ.zəɹ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: W UH1 M AH0 N AY2 Z ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A man who habitually flirts with and seduces, or attempts to seduce, women.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bounder, cad, Casanova, lady's man, lecher, Lothario, philanderer, playboy, player, rake, Romeo, skirt chaser, wencher

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: womaniser, philanderer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: libertine, debauchee, rounder, man, adult male

Narrower terms: Casanova, Don Juan, Lothario, wolf, woman chaser, skirt chaser, masher

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English womman English woman Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English womanize Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English womanizer From womanize + -er (agent noun).

Across languages

Translations

145 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: rokjagter — habitual seducer of women
  • Afrikaans: vrouejagter — habitual seducer of women
  • Albanian: cubar — habitual seducer of women
  • Albanian: lakmues — habitual seducer of women
  • Arabic: زِير نِسَاء (zīr nisāʔ) — habitual seducer of women
  • Arabic: مُتَأَنِّق (mutaʔanniq) — habitual seducer of women
  • Arabic: نسوانجى (neswángi) — habitual seducer of women
  • Armenian: կնամոլ (knamol) — habitual seducer of women
  • Azerbaijani: qadınbaz — habitual seducer of women
  • Azerbaijani: eşqbaz — habitual seducer of women
  • Azerbaijani: arvadbaz — habitual seducer of women
  • Belarusian: ба́бнік (bábnik) — habitual seducer of women
  • Belarusian: бабзды́р (babzdýr) — habitual seducer of women
  • Belarusian: спадні́чнік (spadníčnik) — habitual seducer of women
  • Central Bikol: makibabayi — habitual seducer of women
  • Breton: merc'hetaer — habitual seducer of women
  • Bulgarian: женка́р (ženkár) — habitual seducer of women
  • Bulgarian: донжуа́н (donžuán) — habitual seducer of women
  • Bulgarian: ко́цкар (kóckar) — habitual seducer of women
  • Bulgarian: женоуго́дник (ženougódnik) — habitual seducer of women
  • Bulgarian: казано́ва (kazanóva) — habitual seducer of women
  • Chinese Mandarin: 好色之徒 (hàosèzhītú) — habitual seducer of women
  • Chinese Mandarin: 花花公子 (huāhuāgōngzi) — habitual seducer of women
  • Chinese Mandarin: 色狼 (sèláng) — habitual seducer of women
  • Cimbrian: baibarar — habitual seducer of women
  • Czech: sukničkář — habitual seducer of women
  • Danish: skørtejæger — habitual seducer of women
  • Dutch: vrouwenloper — habitual seducer of women
  • Dutch: wijvenloper — habitual seducer of women
  • Esperanto: donĵuano — habitual seducer of women
  • Estonian: naistekütt — habitual seducer of women
  • Estonian: seelikukütt — habitual seducer of women
  • Finnish: pelimies — habitual seducer of women
  • Finnish: naistenmies — habitual seducer of women
  • French: coureur — habitual seducer of women
  • French: coureur de jupons — habitual seducer of women
  • French: cavaleur — habitual seducer of women
  • French: homme à femmes — habitual seducer of women
  • French: Don Juan — habitual seducer of women
  • French: womanizer — habitual seducer of women
  • French: vert galant — habitual seducer of women
  • Georgian: მექალთანე (mekaltane) — habitual seducer of women
  • German: Frauenheld — habitual seducer of women
  • German: Schürzenjäger — habitual seducer of women
  • German: Weiberheld — habitual seducer of women
  • German: Womanizer — habitual seducer of women
  • German: Casanova — habitual seducer of women
  • German: Don Juan — habitual seducer of women
  • Greek: γυναικάς (gynaikás) — habitual seducer of women
  • Hungarian: nőcsábász — habitual seducer of women
  • Icelandic: kvennabósi — habitual seducer of women
  • Icelandic: flagari — habitual seducer of women
  • Icelandic: slarkari — habitual seducer of women
  • Indonesian: bandot — habitual seducer of women
  • Indonesian: buaya darat — habitual seducer of women
  • Irish: drúisire — habitual seducer of women
  • Italian: donnaiolo — habitual seducer of women
  • Italian: farfallone — habitual seducer of women
  • Japanese: 女たらし (onnatarashi) — habitual seducer of women
  • Javanese: bandhot — habitual seducer of women
  • Kalmyk: эмсг (emsg) — habitual seducer of women
  • Kazakh: әйелжанды (äieljandy) — habitual seducer of women
  • Kazakh: қатыншыл (qatynşyl) — habitual seducer of women
  • Kazakh: әйелқұмар (äielqūmar) — habitual seducer of women
  • Kazakh: қатынжанды (qatynjandy) — habitual seducer of women
  • Kazakh: қатынқұмар (qatynqūmar) — habitual seducer of women
  • Korean: 바람둥이 (baramdung'i) — habitual seducer of women
  • Kyrgyz: катынпоз (katınpoz) — habitual seducer of women
  • Latin: mulierārius — habitual seducer of women
  • Latin: fēmellārius — habitual seducer of women
  • Latvian: brunču mednieks — habitual seducer of women
  • Latvian: pavedējs — habitual seducer of women
  • Latvian: donžuāns — habitual seducer of women
  • Latvian: kazanova — habitual seducer of women
  • Lithuanian: paleistuvis — habitual seducer of women
  • Lithuanian: mergišius — habitual seducer of women
  • Lithuanian: mergininkas — habitual seducer of women
  • Macedonian: женкар (ženkar) — habitual seducer of women
  • Macedonian: женскар (ženskar) — habitual seducer of women
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skjørtejeger — habitual seducer of women
  • Iranian Persian: دُخْتَرْباز (doxtarbâz) — habitual seducer of women
  • Iranian Persian: زَنْبارِه (zanbâre) — habitual seducer of women
  • Polish: kobieciarz — habitual seducer of women
  • Polish: babiarz — habitual seducer of women
  • Polish: tulipan — habitual seducer of women
  • Polish: bawidamek — habitual seducer of women
  • Polish: podrywacz — habitual seducer of women
  • Portuguese: mulherengo — habitual seducer of women
  • Portuguese: namorador — habitual seducer of women
  • Romanian: afemeiat — habitual seducer of women
  • Romanian: vânător de fuste — habitual seducer of women
  • Romanian: crai — habitual seducer of women
  • Romanian: muieratic — habitual seducer of women
  • Russian: ба́бник (bábnik) — habitual seducer of women
  • Russian: донжуа́н (donžuán) — habitual seducer of women
  • Russian: казано́ва (kazanóva) — habitual seducer of women
  • Russian: ю́бочник (júbočnik) — habitual seducer of women
  • Russian: ловела́с (lovelás) — habitual seducer of women
  • Russian: да́мский уго́дник (dámskij ugódnik) — habitual seducer of women
  • Russian: волоки́та (volokíta) — habitual seducer of women
  • Russian: женоуго́дник (ženougódnik) — habitual seducer of women
  • Russian: кобе́ль (kobélʹ) — habitual seducer of women
  • Scottish Gaelic: drùisire — habitual seducer of women
  • Scottish Gaelic: drùisear — habitual seducer of women
  • Scottish Gaelic: drùiseach — habitual seducer of women
  • Serbo-Croatian: жѐнска̄р — habitual seducer of women
  • Serbo-Croatian: žènskār — habitual seducer of women
  • Slovak: sukničkár — habitual seducer of women
  • Slovene: ženskar — habitual seducer of women
  • Spanish: mujeriego — habitual seducer of women
  • Spanish: gallinazo — habitual seducer of women
  • Spanish: rompecorazones — habitual seducer of women
  • Spanish: donjuán — habitual seducer of women
  • Spanish: cachero del oeste — habitual seducer of women
  • Spanish: lacho — habitual seducer of women
  • Spanish: picaflor — habitual seducer of women
  • Spanish: bajapantis — habitual seducer of women
  • Spanish: bajablumer — habitual seducer of women
  • Spanish: cachero de las pampas — habitual seducer of women
  • Swedish: kvinnotjusare — habitual seducer of women
  • Swedish: kvinnojägare — habitual seducer of women
  • Swedish: kvinnokarl — habitual seducer of women
  • Tagalog: babaero — habitual seducer of women
  • Tajik: занпараст (zanparast) — habitual seducer of women
  • Tajik: занбоз (zanboz) — habitual seducer of women
  • Thai: เสือผู้หญิง (sʉ̌ʉa-pûu-yǐng) — habitual seducer of women
  • Turkish: zampara — habitual seducer of women
  • Turkish: kadıncıl — habitual seducer of women
  • Turkish: zendost — habitual seducer of women
  • Turkish: keskin — habitual seducer of women
  • Turkish: amcı — habitual seducer of women
  • Ukrainian: жінколю́б (žinkoljúb) — habitual seducer of women
  • Ukrainian: спідни́чник (spidnýčnyk) — habitual seducer of women
  • Ukrainian: ба́бник (bábnyk) — habitual seducer of women
  • Ukrainian: волоцю́га (volocjúha) — habitual seducer of women
  • Ukrainian: ловела́с (lovelás) — habitual seducer of women
  • Ukrainian: бабі́й (babíj) — habitual seducer of women
  • Ukrainian: джиґу́н (džygún) — habitual seducer of women
  • Ukrainian: дівчачу́р (divčačúr) — habitual seducer of women
  • Ukrainian: дівчу́р (divčúr) — habitual seducer of women
  • Ukrainian: баболю́б (baboljúb) — habitual seducer of women
  • Ukrainian: донжуа́н (donžuán) — habitual seducer of women
  • Uzbek: xotinboz — habitual seducer of women
  • Welsh: merchetwr — habitual seducer of women
  • Yiddish: ווײַבערניק (vaybernik) — habitual seducer of women