sugar daddy

noun

A man who spends money on an often younger partner in order to maintain the relationship.

“Near-synonym: aristo”

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Meanings

nounsugar daddy (plural sugar daddies)

plural sugar daddies · alternative sugardaddy

  1. slangA man who spends money on an often younger partner in order to maintain the relationship.

    Near-synonym: aristo

    2 more examples

    "Huh, indeed!" Isobel answered him. "Proposing, or propositioning? If either of you two Romeos ever rattle the doorknob of my room at night again, you're apt to get a bullet through it." Jake winced. "Wasn't me. Look at my gray hair, Isobel. I'm old enough to be your daddy." "Sugar daddy, I suppose," she said mockingly.

    1961, Dallas McCord Reynolds, Black Man's Burden, Project Gutenberg EBook edition

    […] Budapesters today are rather less enamoured of Váci [street]: dressed-to-kill babes and their sugar daddies would rather pose in malls, and teenagers can find McDonald's anywhere, leaving Váci utterly dependent on tourists for its livelihood and bustle.

    2002, Charles Hebbert, Dan Richardson, The Rough Guide to Budapest, 2nd edition, London: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 73

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
aristo

Origin

From sugar (“money”) + daddy (“father”).

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Translations

Afrikaans vroetelpappie
  • vroetelpappieslang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
Chinese Mandarin 甜心爹地, 甜爹
  • 甜心爹地 (tiánxīn diēdì)slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
  • 甜爹 (tiándiē)slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
  • 乾爹 /干爹 (gāndiē)slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
Finnish namupappa
  • namupappaslang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
German Sugardaddy
  • Sugardaddyslang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
Hebrew שוגר דדי
  • שוגר דדיslang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
Indonesian gadun
  • gadunslang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
Korean 슈가대디
  • 슈가대디 (syugadaedi)slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
Norwegian Bokmål sugardaddy
  • sugardaddyslang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
Polish sponsor
  • sponsorslang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
Portuguese sugar daddy, coroa endinheirado
  • sugar daddyslang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
  • coroa endinheiradoslang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
Russian па́почка, па́пик
  • па́почка (pápočka)slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
  • па́пик (pápik)slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
  • дэ́дди (dɛ́ddi)slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
  • са́харный па́почка (sáxarnyj pápočka)slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
Spanish rabo verde, lagartón
  • rabo verdeslang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
  • lagartónslang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
  • sugar daddyslang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
  • sugarslang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
Swahili buzi
  • buzislang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
Swedish sugardaddy, snaskefar
  • sugardaddyslang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
  • snaskefarslang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
Thai เสี่ย, ป๋า
  • เสี่ย (sìia)slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
  • ป๋า (bpǎa)slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
Vietnamese sugar daddy, bố đường
  • sugar daddyslang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
  • bố đườngslang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
  • ba đườngslang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner
Cite this entry
APA

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Chicago

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