English Explanatory Dictionary

lover

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.
  2. A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.
  3. A person who loves something.
  4. An informal term of address for any friend.
noun
  1. Obsolete form of louver.

Pronunciation

/ˈlʌvɚ/ /ˈlʌvə/ en-us-lover.ogg

Word forms

lover lovers lovyer

Etymology

From Middle English lovere, luffer, lufere, equivalent to love + -er.

Synonyms

admirer adorer baby beloved courter crush darling enamorado flame follower leman loteby love love interest lover paramour sparker sweetheart truelove wooer spouse significant other bedfellow bedmate fuck hookup mate root sex partner sexual partner connoisseur

Related words

sexual partner libertine

Derived words

Bambi-lover birdlover boylover Canby's mountain lover catlover childlover cyberlover doglover girllover homolover loverboy loverdom lovered loveress lovergirl loverhood loverless loverlike loverly loverman lover's eye loverwise manlover motherlover nonlover peacelover warlover womanlover word lover alright me lover alright my lover Bambi lover book lover booklover butt lover diaper lover enemies-to-friends-to-lovers enemies-to-lovers free lover friends-to-lovers fun-lover kikelover land-lover Latin lover lover boy lover man lover-man lover's lane lovers' lane lovers rock mountain lover nature lover nature-lover nigger lover nigger-lover word-lover
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