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LIBERTINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("libertine" is a kind of...):
bad person (a person who does harm to others)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "libertine"):
adulterer; fornicator (someone who commits adultery or fornication)
gigolo (a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman)
blood; profligate; rake; rakehell; rip; roue (a dissolute man in fashionable society)
ladies' man; lady killer; seducer (a man who takes advantage of women)
swinger; tramp (a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex)
debaucher; ravisher; violator (someone who assaults others sexually)
philanderer; womaniser; womanizer (a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them)
Derivation:
libertine (unrestrained by convention or morality)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unrestrained by convention or morality
Example:
fast women
Synonyms:
debauched; degenerate; degraded; dissipated; dissolute; fast; libertine; profligate; riotous
Classified under:
Similar:
immoral (deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong)
Derivation:
libertine (a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained)
