Skip to main content
womanizer

womanizer

20 7.5
A man who has many short romantic relationships with women
  • noun
  • /ˈwʊməˌnaɪzər/
  • Offensive
translation icon : mujeriego
  • Presidential candidate Gary Hart has dismissed allegations he's a womanizer, challenging reporters to follow him around.

If you don't know who Don Juan was, he was a constant womanizer, and he left behind a whole bunch of conquests in his wake.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • Everyone knows that John is a womanizer who can't commit to anyone for long.

  • "Clement was a womanizer," my mother confessed to me.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • My friend is a womanizer.

  • Would you call yourself a womanizer?

  • And how do you get to be a womanizer?

    Fiction book (2000)
  • It's no secret you're a womanizer, you drink too much.

  • This guy is a lowlife, he is a womanizer.

  • He has a record of being a womanizer.

  • Nor did his reputation as a womanizer in any way detract from the effect he had on me.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Thomas Haden Church got an Oscar nod for his portrayal of the womanizer in "Sideways."

    Blog text (18)

Synonyms

player
vswomanizer
  • Offensive
78 7.5

A person who has many romantic partners and avoids serious relationships

focuses on habitually seeking many partners and being insincere
ladies' man
vswomanizer
  • Informal
28 7.0

A man who likes and attracts many women by flirting

is similar but stresses habitual pursuit and unfaithful conduct
philanderer
vswomanizer
  • NSFW
9 8.7

A man who has many short sexual relationships with different women

is more about habitually seeking many partners and insincerity
lady-killer
vswomanizer
  • NSFW
3 7.0

A man who is very charming and attracts many women

is more about repeated seeking and unfaithful behavior rather than charm
dawg
vswomanizer
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A man who behaves selfishly and flirts with many women

highlights regular pursuit of many women with unfaithful behavior
lady's man
vswomanizer
  • Informal
1 5.3

A man who is popular with women and looks for their attention

implies habit plus insincerity and primarily short sexual relationships
skirt chaser
vswomanizer
  • Offensive
1 9.0

A man who often tries to attract many women in a showy way

describes habitual seeking with insincerity and short relationships
Casanova
vswomanizer
  • NSFW
1 8.1

A man who has many romantic or sexual relationships with women

emphasizes habit and insincerity rather than reputation or romance
whore's-bird
vswomanizer
  • Offensive
9.9

A man who has many casual sexual partners

catches the same promiscuity plus a negative social judgment
woman chaser
vswomanizer
  • Offensive
7.9

A man who keeps trying to start romantic or sexual relationships with women in a pushy way

stresses repeated unfaithful seeking rather than mere charm or popularity
lady killer
vswomanizer
  • NSFW
7.8

A man who many women find very attractive and who often takes advantage of them

focuses on habitual pursuit plus insincerity and short affairs

Antonyms

3 6.4

A person who has a romantic or sexual relationship with only one partner at a time

How Promiscuous

womanizer
  • Offensive
20 7.5
Casanova
  • NSFW
1 8.1
playboy
159 6.2
ladies' man
  • Informal
28 7.0

Surface Forms

womanizer singular
womanizers plural

Morphology

womanizer = womanize (transparent) = woman + ize + er

Formed by adding the agentive suffix '-er' to the verb 'womanize'; the agentive meaning 'one who womanizes' is directly predictable.

Etymology

The word womanizer is made from woman and the ending -izer, where -izer means 'one who does something', like in driver or teacher. So a womanizer is 'one who' regularly goes after many women, often in a way that is not serious or faithful.