Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA man who is engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy; a practitioner of pederasty.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekπαιδεραστής“lover of boys”
- Frenchpédéraste
- Englishpederast
Borrowed from French pédéraste, from Ancient Greek παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs, “lover of boys”), from παῖς (paîs, “boy”) and ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”).
More words from French, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek παιδεραστής
- παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs)practitioner of pederasty
Arabic لُوطِيّ
- لُوطِيّ (lūṭiyy)practitioner of pederasty
Bulgarian педера́ст
- педера́ст (pederást)practitioner of pederasty
Catalan pederasta
- pederastapractitioner of pederasty
Chinese Mandarin 雞奸者, 男色者
- 雞奸者practitioner of pederasty
- 男色者 (nánsèzhě)practitioner of pederasty
- 好男色者 (hàonánsèzhě)practitioner of pederasty
Czech pederast
- pederastpractitioner of pederasty
Danish pæderast
- pæderastpractitioner of pederasty
Dutch pederast
- pederastpractitioner of pederasty
Esperanto pederasto
- pederastopractitioner of pederasty
Estonian pederast, pede
- pederastpractitioner of pederasty
- pedepractitioner of pederasty
Finnish pederasti
- pederastipractitioner of pederasty
French pédéraste m (pédé
- pédéraste m (pédépractitioner of pederasty
German Päderast
- Päderastpractitioner of pederasty
Greek παιδεραστής
- παιδεραστής (paiderastís)practitioner of pederasty
Irish péidearastach
- péidearastachpractitioner of pederasty
Italian pederasta
- pederastapractitioner of pederasty
Japanese 男色者
- 男色者practitioner of pederasty
Latin paedīcō
- paedīcōpractitioner of pederasty
Lithuanian pederastas
- pederastaspractitioner of pederasty
Polish pederasta
- pederastapractitioner of pederasty
Portuguese pederasta
- pederastapractitioner of pederasty
Romanian pederast
- pederastpractitioner of pederasty
Russian педера́ст, содоми́т
- педера́ст (pederást)practitioner of pederasty
- содоми́т (sodomít)practitioner of pederasty
- пе́дик (pédik)practitioner of pederasty
- пи́дор (pídor)practitioner of pederasty
- пидора́с (pidorás)practitioner of pederasty
Slovak pederast
- pederastpractitioner of pederasty
Spanish pederasta
- pederastapractitioner of pederasty
Swedish pederast
- pederastpractitioner of pederasty
Turkish oğlancı
- oğlancıpractitioner of pederasty
Ukrainian педера́ст
- педера́ст (pederást)practitioner of pederasty
Cite this entry
pederast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pederast
“pederast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pederast. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pederast,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pederast.
Source: pederast on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.