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libertine
lib·er·tine L0149900 (lĭb′ər-tēn′)n.1. One who acts without moral restraint; a dissolute person.2. One who defies established religious precepts; a freethinker.adj. Morally unrestrained; dissolute. [Middle English, freedman, from Latin lībertīnus, from lībertus, from līber, free; see leudh- in Indo-European roots.]libertine (ˈlɪbəˌtiːn; -ˌtaɪn) na morally dissolute personadjmorally dissolute[C14 (in the sense: freedman, dissolute person): from Latin lībertīnus freedman, from lībertus freed, from līber free] ˈliberˌtinage, ˈlibertinˌism nlib•er•tine (ˈlɪb ərˌtin, -tɪn) n. 1. a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained; a profligate; rake. 2. a freethinker in religious matters. 3. a person freed from slavery in ancient Rome. adj. 4. free of moral, esp. sexual, restraint; licentious. [1350–1400; Middle English libertyn < Latin lībertīnus of a freedman (adj.), freedman (n.) =lībert(us) freedman (appar. by reanalysis of liber-tās liberty as libert-ās) + -īnus -ine1] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | libertine - a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestraineddebauchee, rounderadulterer, fornicator - someone who commits adultery or fornicationbad person - a person who does harm to othersgigolo - a man who has sex with and is supported by a womanprofligate, rake, rakehell, rip, roue, blood - a dissolute man in fashionable societyladies' man, lady killer, seducer - a man who takes advantage of womenswinger, tramp - a person who engages freely in promiscuous sexdebaucher, ravisher, violator - someone who assaults others sexuallyphilanderer, womaniser, womanizer - a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them | Adj. | 1. | libertine - unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, profligate, riotous, fastimmoral - deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong |
libertinenoun1. reprobate, seducer, profligate, womanizer, rake, swinger (slang), lecher, roué, sensualist, voluptuary, debauchee, lech or letch (informal), loose liver a self-confessed coward, libertine and scoundreladjective1. promiscuous, degenerate, immoral, decadent, abandoned, corrupt, voluptuous, depraved, wanton, profligate, debauched, dissolute, rakish, reprobate, licentious He was free to explore a libertine lifestyle.libertinenounAn immoral or licentious person:profligate, rake, wanton.adjectiveMarked by an absence of conventional restraint in sexual behavior; sexually unrestrained:easy, fast, light, loose, wanton, whorish.TranslationsLibertinlibertinlibertinolibertinoEncyclopediaSeeLibertineslibertine
Synonyms for libertinenoun reprobateSynonyms- reprobate
- seducer
- profligate
- womanizer
- rake
- swinger
- lecher
- roué
- sensualist
- voluptuary
- debauchee
- lech or letch
- loose liver
adj promiscuousSynonyms- promiscuous
- degenerate
- immoral
- decadent
- abandoned
- corrupt
- voluptuous
- depraved
- wanton
- profligate
- debauched
- dissolute
- rakish
- reprobate
- licentious
Synonyms for libertinenoun an immoral or licentious personSynonymsadj marked by an absence of conventional restraint in sexual behavior; sexually unrestrainedSynonyms- easy
- fast
- light
- loose
- wanton
- whorish
Synonyms for libertinenoun a dissolute personSynonymsRelated Words- adulterer
- fornicator
- bad person
- gigolo
- profligate
- rake
- rakehell
- rip
- roue
- blood
- ladies' man
- lady killer
- seducer
- swinger
- tramp
- debaucher
- ravisher
- violator
- philanderer
- womaniser
- womanizer
adj unrestrained by convention or moralitySynonyms- debauched
- degenerate
- degraded
- dissipated
- dissolute
- profligate
- riotous
- fast
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