as in womanizer
a man given to seducing women
a novel about the loveless existence of an aging lothario
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Recent Examples of lothario
Michael Park’s Zeus is a grade-A lothario, the kind of man your mother warned you about.
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David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2025
Nimoy's successors in the role, Zachary Quinto and Ethan Peck, have also negotiated the two sides of Spock's human/Vulcan heritage with style — Peck has even turned him into something of an interstellar lothario.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Honestly, what could be more French than a pastry chef who is also a lothario who is also a writer who is also a spy?
—Emily Temple
march 28, Literary Hub, 28 Mar. 2025
And now the unlikely Hollywood lothario is at again, and taking his talents to Palm Beach.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
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David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2025
Nimoy's successors in the role, Zachary Quinto and Ethan Peck, have also negotiated the two sides of Spock's human/Vulcan heritage with style — Peck has even turned him into something of an interstellar lothario.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Honestly, what could be more French than a pastry chef who is also a lothario who is also a writer who is also a spy?
—Emily Temple
march 28, Literary Hub, 28 Mar. 2025
And now the unlikely Hollywood lothario is at again, and taking his talents to Palm Beach.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lothario
Noun
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Kudos to Gosling, though, for making the skinny-suit-wearing womanizer Jacob more than just an exceptionally sculpted torso.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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The brothers, their lawyers conceded, were womanizers.—
Michael R. Sisak,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Granville Suite, once military reception rooms, is named after Christine Granville, rumored lover of Ian Fleming and apparently Churchill’s favorite spy.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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While the storm is looming, there are new glimmers of possibility—friends can become lovers, strangers can become friends on the subway, the supermarket aisles are charged with meaning.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Lothario.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lothario. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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