Meanings
romeo1
- international standardsAlternative letter-case form of Romeo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
Romeo2
- A male given name from the Romance languages.
- fictionOne of the main characters of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: the ardent lover of Juliet.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A town in Conejos County, Colorado.
- A village in Macomb County, Michigan.
plural Romeos
- A man who has a reputation for being a great lover or very romantic.
So you think you're a Romeo / You're playing a part in a picture-show / Well, take the long way home
1979, Roger Hodgson, “Take the Long Way Home”, in Breakfast in America, performed by Supertramp1 more example
Indian Romeos […] have yielded to the temptation to pat, feel, pinch and brush against the more irresistible and accessible portions of women who come within discreet cop-a-feel distance.
1974, Black Belt, volume 12, number 4, page 11Synonyms: lover boy
- derogatoryA womanizer.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA man who has a reputation for being a great lover or very romantic.
Origin
- Ancient GreekῬωμαῖος“Roman”
- ItalianRomeo
- EnglishRomeo
Borrowed from Italian Romeo, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos, “Roman”).
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Arabic رُومْيُو, عَنْتَر
- رُومْيُو (rūmyū)character in Romeo and Juliet
- عَنْتَر (ʕantar)man who is a great lover
- قَيْس (qays)man who is a great lover
Catalan Romeu
- Romeucharacter in Romeo and Juliet
Chinese Cantonese 羅密歐 /罗密欧
- 羅密歐 /罗密欧character in Romeo and Juliet
Chinese Mandarin 羅密歐 /罗密欧
- 羅密歐 /罗密欧 (Luōmì'ōu)character in Romeo and Juliet
Dutch Romeo
- Romeocharacter in Romeo and Juliet
Finnish Romeo
- Romeocharacter in Romeo and Juliet
French Roméo
- Roméocharacter in Romeo and Juliet
German Romeo
- Romeocharacter in Romeo and Juliet
Greek Ρωμαίος
- Ρωμαίος (Romaíos)character in Romeo and Juliet
Hebrew רוֹמֵאוֹ
- רוֹמֵאוֹ (Roméo)character in Romeo and Juliet
Hindi रोमियो
- रोमियो (romiyo)character in Romeo and Juliet
Italian Romeo, romeo
- Romeocharacter in Romeo and Juliet
- romeoman who is a great lover
- casanovaman who is a great lover
- dongiovanniman who is a great lover
Japanese ロミオ, ロメオ
- ロミオ (Romio)character in Romeo and Juliet
- ロメオcharacter in Romeo and Juliet
Korean 로미오
- 로미오 (Romio)character in Romeo and Juliet
Latin Romaeus
- Romaeuscharacter in Romeo and Juliet
Norwegian Romeo
- Romeocharacter in Romeo and Juliet
Polish Romeo, romeo
- Romeocharacter in Romeo and Juliet
- romeoman who is a great lover
- casanovaman who is a great lover
- donżuanman who is a great lover
- żigolakman who is a great lover
Portuguese Romeu
- Romeucharacter in Romeo and Juliet
Russian Роме́о
- Роме́о (Romɛ́o)character in Romeo and Juliet
Spanish Romeo
- Romeocharacter in Romeo and Juliet
Swedish Romeo
- Romeocharacter in Romeo and Juliet
Turkish Romeo
- Romeocharacter in Romeo and Juliet
Urdu مجنون
- مجنونman who is a great lover
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Cite this entry
romeo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/romeo
“romeo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/romeo. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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