What does "womanizer" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "womanizer"?

Common synonyms include: casanova, lothario, philanderer, philanderer, rake, bounder.

Pronounced //ˈwʊm.əˌnaɪ.zəɹ//.

//ˈwʊm.əˌnaɪ.zəɹ// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
A man who habitually flirts with and seduces, or attempts to seduce, women.
"A couple of months ago, in a piece about the language of self-involvement, I quoted a girlfriend of Woody Allen as having described the actor as “very much of a womanizer, very self-involved”."
2
a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them wordnet

"Sami was known to be a womanizer."

From womanize + -er (agent noun).

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