Romeo
1 of 2noun
Ro·meo ˈrō-mē-ˌō 
in Shakespeare also ˈrōm-(ˌ)yō
plural Romeos
1
: the hero of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet who dies for love of Juliet
2
: a male lover
Romeo
2 of 2communications code word
—used as a code word for the letter r
Example Sentences
Noun He was quite a Romeo when he was younger.
Word History
First Known Use
Noun
circa 1566, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Communications Code Word
1952, in the meaning defined above
Romeos
noun
as in lovers
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- lovers
- paramours
- lotharios
- lechers
- gallants
- philanderers
- Casanovas
- womanizers
- amorists
- satyrs
- seducers
- lady's men
- wolves
- lady-killers
- mashers
- romancers
- ladies' men
- debauchers
- lounge lizards
- Don Juans
- whoremongers
- whoremasters
- palstave
- palstaves
- palster
- palsy
- palsy-walsy
- palsying
- palta
- palter
- palter (with)
- palter with
- paltered
- paltered (with)
- paltered with
- palterer
- palterers
- paltering
- pseudepigraph
- pseudepigrapha
- pseudepigraphal
- pseudepigraphic
- pseudepigraphical
- pseudepigraphies
- pseudepigraphon
- pseudepigraphous
- pseudepigraphs