PLAYGIRL Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

playgirl

noun

Definition of playgirl

as in playboy

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Recent Examples of playgirl The night janitor and a playgirl shoplifter are trapped in a discount store with armed robbers. — Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2019

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Noun

Batman used to be rich, the alter ego of Bruce Wayne, a wealthy playboy, philanthropist, and industrialist in Gotham City.

— Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026
Yet, with help from Rachel’s former editor at the Boston Globe, Jim Doherty (Darrin Baker) and her ex-boyfriend, wealthy playboy Hayden Payne (Milo Ventimiglia), David and Rachel unravel a massive decade-long conspiracy that spans Revere, Massachusetts and Geneva, Switzerland.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 June 2026

Definition of playboy

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

Unlike Vegas with its cast of reprobates and wackos, this joint is classy and clean and just a wee bit indulgent.

— David Weiss, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
They’re typically retired, sitting on pensions and 401(k)s, and may be naive to the techniques favored by con artists and reprobates who run riot on the internet.

— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Sep. 2025

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