playboy
159
6.2
- noun
- /ˈpleɪbɔɪ/
:
mujeriego
- And he's kind of living this Playboy lifestyle, big city, wealthy.
- playboys and prostitutes
- young playboy
- playboys and cowboys
World champion, kickboxer, Playboy, pimp, What else you've got?
- World champion, kickboxer, Playboy, pimp, What else you've got?
- And particularly Mubarak's son Gamal Mubarak was a sort of London Playboy with lots of fancy cars.
Examples
-
A Mercedes stopped, driven by a man of about fifty, dressed like a playboy and smelling of soap.
Fiction book (2001) -
He's a playboy, a dilettante.
-
"Oh, he came on like a playboy as much as the next one."
Fiction book (1997) -
In fact, the place looks like it could be in Playboy magazine.
Fiction book (2000) -
Married to that bounder of a playboy, she never loved anything except her son.
Fiction book (1991) -
As the town's most popular playboy, the President felt my presence would be sorely missed.
Fiction book (2000) -
Racing is for playboys and dilettantes.
-
And particularly Mubarak's son Gamal Mubarak was a sort of London Playboy with lots of fancy cars.
-
If Peter Arno had reflected on his playboy years, he could have drawn comfort from Maugham's The Summing Up.
Academic text (1997) -
He is known as a playboy who travels the world, attending glamorous parties and dating beautiful women.
Synonyms
4
8.1
A man who often goes to restaurants, parties, and the theater for fun
1
5.3
A man who is popular with women and looks for their attention
1
9.9
A man who spends money on pleasure and fashion
1
8.1
A man who has many romantic or sexual relationships with women
A person who loves luxury and enjoys comfort and fine food
How Pleasure-Seeking
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Playboy comes from the simple parts play ('to have fun') and boy ('young man'), and it began as a name for a man who lived for fun and games. That's why today a playboy usually means a rich man who spends his time enjoying life and looking for pleasure, especially with women.