Home › Words › F › femalistfemalistfemalist means someone who courts or pursues the female sex; a womanizer.EtymologyFrom female + -ist.nounSomeone who courts or pursues the female sex; a womanizer.e.g.“Beauty can turn the rugged face of War / And make him smile upon delightful Peace, / Courting her smoothly like a femalist.” — 1613, John Marston, William Barksted, The Insatiate Countess, IV.2:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.philanderer 67% match — One who plays at courtship; a fickle lover; a flirt (usually applies only to men). vs femalist →manslut 65% match — A womanizer, lothario, or a promiscuous man. vs femalist →philogynist 61% match — someone who is fond of women collectively. vs femalist →manizer 60% match — A person, especially a woman, who frequently seduces men vs femalist →erotomane 59% match — A person with excessive sexual desire. vs femalist →casanova 59% match — A man considered romantic and gallant, especially one who gives amorous attentions to women. vs femalist →feminizer 58% match — One who or that which feminizes. vs femalist →flirter 58% match — One who flirts. vs femalist →