Thesaurus:libertine

Thesaurus

libertine

English

Noun

Sense: person disregarding morals in sexuality

Synonyms

• adulterer
• bed-hopper (jocular)
• carpetmonger (obsolete)
• chamberer (obsolete)
• debauchee (dated)
• debaucher (dated)
• fornicator (formal)
• gallant (dated)
• lecher
• lewdster (dated)
• libertine (archaic)
• hood rat (slang)
• philanderer (formal)
• rake (archaic)
• rantipole (obsolete)
• roué (archaic)
• player
• seducer
• voluptuary (dated)

Antonyms

• celibate    [⇒ thesaurus]
• celibatist
• monogamist
• virgin    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• copulator    [⇒ thesaurus]
• libidinist    [⇒ thesaurus]
• promiscuous man    [⇒ thesaurus]
• promiscuous woman    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• person    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sensualist    [⇒ thesaurus]
• wanton    [⇒ thesaurus]

Cohyponyms

• drunkard    [⇒ thesaurus]
• glutton    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• pleasure    [⇒ thesaurus]
• prostitute    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “962. libertine” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “libertine” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.