lady-killer

noun

Definition of lady-killernext
as in lover

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lady-killer
  1. lover
  2. paramour
  3. philanderer
  4. lecher
  5. lothario
Noun
  • The future outlook, unfortunately, is cloudy for lovers of the morning cup o’ Joe.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
  • The film, which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes and was nominated for five Oscars, stars Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo as young lovers and creates a style all its own through its dazzling use of choreography, color and singing.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of lover
Noun
  • In this scene, Romy and her paramour, Samuel (Harris Dickinson), were alone in a cheap hotel room in Manhattan, attempting to define their new dynamic.
    Alex Barasch, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The drama is largely relational, as the Koubek brothers and their paramours wrestle with the conventions that pervade their lives.
    Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
Definition of paramour
Noun
  • All that, plus Liev Schreiber as a pill-popping philanderer named Tag, Dakota Fanning in pregnancy prosthetics, and Donna Lynne Champlin as the beleaguered detective trying to solve the murder.
    Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Though he had been banned from baseball since 1989, served five months in a federal prison camp for income tax evasion, was a known philanderer and a largely unsuccessful gambler, Rose remained one of the most beloved former athletes in the nation.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of philanderer
Noun
  • Released on March 24, 1971, the conceptual song cycle of a poetic middle-aged lecher crashing his Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost and subsequently romancing the teenage Nelson, profoundly impacted everyone from Beck to Air, Portishead to Pulp.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The bawdy comic story lines are well-performed, most prominently by Brian Ibsen as the pompous lecher, Lucio.
    Philip Brandes, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2019
Definition of lecher
Noun
  • The duo’s insecurities and love play off each other well; two lotharios being humbled by love.
    Dylan Green, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2024
  • His previous roles include playing a lothario in the acclaimed 1966 feature Alfie.
    Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Sep. 2023
Definition of lothario
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