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playboy

play·boy
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pley-boi]
    • /ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ/
    • /ˈpleɪ.bɔɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pley-boi]
    • /ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ/

Definitions of playboy word

  • noun playboy a man who pursues a life of pleasure without responsibility or attachments, especially one who is of comfortable means. 1
  • noun playboy hedonistic man 1
  • noun playboy womanizing man 1
  • countable noun playboy You can refer to a rich man who spends most of his time enjoying himself as a playboy. 0
  • noun playboy a man, esp one of private means, who devotes himself to the pleasures of nightclubs, expensive holiday resorts, female company, etc 0
  • noun playboy a man, esp. a man of means, who is given to pleasure-seeking, sexual promiscuity, etc. 0

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Origin of playboy

First appearance:

before 1620
One of the 42% oldest English words
First recorded in 1620-30; play + boy

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Playboy

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

playboy popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

playboy usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for playboy

noun playboy

  • cocksman — A man who is sexually talented.
  • corinthian — of, characteristic of, or relating to Corinth
  • corinthians — either of two books of the New Testament (in full The First and Second Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians)
  • don juan — a legendary Spanish nobleman famous for his many seductions and dissolute life.
  • heartbreaker — a person, event, or thing causing heartbreak.

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