Burning the candle at both ends reduces the candle to wax in a hurry - just like a playboy having a pretty girl on each arm.
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Playboy
//ˈpleɪbɔɪ//
Synonyms for "playboy" (61 found)
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Closest matches (13)
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Related words (30)
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4 entriesderived from
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1 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُسْتَهْتَر noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Bavarian German
1 entries- Fescha Kampe noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Belarusian
1 entries- плэйбой noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Bulgarian
2 entries- Пле́йбой name (the adult magazine)
- плейбой noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 花花公子 noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Czech
3 entries- flamendr noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
- playboy noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
- svěťák noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Dutch
3 entries- casanova noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
- don juan noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
- playboy noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Esperanto
2 entries- bonvivanto noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
- donĵuano noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Finnish
2 entries- playboy noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
- rattopoika noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
French
2 entries- play-boy noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
- playboy noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
German
4 entries- Playboy name (the adult magazine)
- Lebemann noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
- Playboy noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
- Salonlöwe noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Hebrew
1 entries- נַעַר שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Hungarian
2 entries- aranyifjú noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
- playboy noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Irish
2 entries- buachaill báire noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
- croíán noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Italian
1 entries- playboy noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Japanese
3 entries- プレイボーイ name (the adult magazine)
- やりちん noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
- 遊び人 noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Korean
2 entries- 난봉꾼 noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
- 바람둥이 noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Latin
1 entries- asōtus noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Marathi
1 entries- प्लेबॉय name (the adult magazine)
Norwegian
1 entries- levemann noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Persian
2 entries- عیاشی جوان noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
- پلیبوی noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Polish
1 entries- playboy noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Portuguese
2 entries- Playboy name (the adult magazine)
- playboy noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Russian
4 entries- гуля́ка noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
- ловела́с noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
- плейбо́й noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
- пове́са noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Spanish
2 entries- golfo noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
- mujeriego noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Swedish
2 entries- lebeman noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
- playboy noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Tagalog
2 entries- pabling noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
- palikero noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Turkish
4 entries- hovarda noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
- kazanova noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
- playboy noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
- çapkın noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Vietnamese
1 entries- kẻ/người phóng đãng noun (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
It is a toss-up whether the playboy will marry the blonde or the brunette; both girls are so beautiful.
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Tom was a bit of a playboy.
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I only read Playboy for the articles.
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