lover
[noun]
Synonyms: sweetheart, admirer, beloved, boyfriend or girlfriend, flame (informal), mistress, suitor

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Related Words: cavalier servente, sugar daddy

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English Thesaurus: boyfriend, partner, fiancé, lover, ex, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

lov‧er W3 /ˈlʌvə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: adjective: lovable ≠ UNLOVABLE, loveless, lovely, loving, unloved; noun: love, lover, loveliness., lovey; verb: love; adverb: lovingly]

1. someone’s lover is the person they are having a sexual relationship with but who they are not married to ⇒ mistress:
He killed his wife’s lover.
Nicola and I were lovers.
a pair of young lovers

2. someone who likes something very much:
music lovers
animal lovers
lover of
lovers of the outdoors

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

lover
noun
ADJ. good, great, passionate | jilted, rejected She was shot by her jilted lover.
unfaithful | long-time They're colleagues as well as being long-time lovers.
live-in | secret
VERB + LOVER be, become They became lovers when her husband first went abroad.
have, take It was common for upper-class women to take lovers.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

boyfriend a boy or man that you have a romantic relationship with, especially for a fairly long time:
Josh was my first boyfriend.
partner the person you are married to, or the person you are living with and having a sexual relationship with:
Sweden allows gay partners to receive many of the same benefits that married couples get.
Partners are also welcome.
fiancé the man whom a woman is going to marry:
Her fiancé was killed in the war.
lover someone who you have a sexual relationship with, without being married to them:
A few nights later, they became lovers.
ex informal a woman’s former husband or boyfriend:
Her ex has caused a lot of trouble for her.
old flame informal someone who was your boyfriend in the past:
In a box in the closet, I found love letters from one of her old flames.
man informal a woman’s husband or boyfriend:
She’ll always stand by her man.
sweetheart old-fashioned the person that you love:
They were childhood sweethearts.
beau old-fashioned a woman’s boyfriend or lover - a very old-fashioned use:
Does she have a beau?
toy boy informal humorous a young man who is having a sexual relationship with an older woman:
A woman with a toy boy gets a lot more disapproving looks than a man with a younger woman.
sugar daddy informal an older man who gives a younger woman presents and money in return for their company and often for sex:
I can imagine her cashing checks from some mysterious sugar daddy.
be going out with somebody if you are going out with a boy or man, you have him as your boyfriend:
She’s been going out with Jack for a couple of months.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

girlfriend a girl or woman that you have a romantic relationship with, especially for a fairly long time:
Katherine was his first girlfriend.
partner the person you are married to, or the person you are living with and having a sexual relationship with:
He brought his partner along to the party.
old flame informal someone who was your girlfriend or boyfriend in the past:
I found a love letter from one of his old flames.
mistress a woman that a man has a sexual relationship with even though he is married to someone else. Often used when the man is famous or powerful:
The president had a mistress for many years.
lover someone who you have a sexual relationship with, but who you are not married to:
He was going to meet his secret lover.
fiancée the woman who a man is going to marry:
Rod plans to marry his fiancée later this year.
ex informal a man's former wife or girlfriend:
My ex looks after the children on Thursdays.
be going out with somebody if you are going out with a girl or woman, she is your girlfriend:
She's going out with a guy she met at work.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲