lover
Definitions
- One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.
- One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse
- A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.
- A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair
- A person who loves something.
- A person who loves something
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An informal term of address for any friend. West-Country
- An informal term of address for any friend
- Obsolete form of louver
Equivalents
61 more languages
BosanskiadžuvanašigdžijaašikašiklijaljubavcaljubavnicaljubavnikljubaznikljubicaljubiteljljubiteljskiMilenkaparšocаџуванашигџијаашикашиклијаљубавникљубавницаљубазникљубитељљубитељицаљубитељскишоц
Cymraegcariad
Eestiarmuke
Gaeilgeleannán
עבריתאהוב
हिन्दीआशनाआशिक़आशिक़ादीवानापरवानापियाप्रियतमप्रीतमप्रेमिकप्रेमिकाप्रेमीप्रेयसीभ्रमरमीतयाररसिकराँझासनम
HrvatskiadžuvanašigdžijaašikašiklijaljubavcaljubavnicaljubavnikljubaznikljubicaljubiteljljubiteljskiMilenkaparšocаџуванашигџијаашикашиклијаљубавникљубавницаљубазникљубитељљубитељицаљубитељскишоц
Italianoamante
Қазақ тіліғашық
മലയാളംകാമുകൻ
Bahasa Melayukekasih
Polskiadmiratoramantamantkaamatoramatorkafagasgachkochanekkochanicakochankamiłośniczkamiłośniknałożnicaprzydupasprzyjacielukochanaukochany
Portuguêsamante
Ikinyarwandaumukunzi
Slovenčinamilenec
SlovenščinaLjubica
СрпскиadžuvanašigdžijaašikašiklijaljubavcaljubavnicaljubavnikljubaznikljubicaljubiteljljubiteljskiMilenkaparšocаџуванашигџијаашикашиклијаљубавникљубавницаљубазникљубитељљубитељицаљубитељскишоц
Kiswahilimpenzi
Тоҷикӣошиқ
Türkmençeaşyk
O'zbekchaoshiq
Examples
“[…]loue is blinde, and louers cannot ſee / The pretty follies that themſelues commit,[…]”
“Well there's a wide wide world of noble causes / And lovely landscapes to discover⟳ / But all I really want⟳ to do right now / Is find⟳ another lover”
“This is for the lover in you (take⟳ this ring⟳) / This ring⟳ (It means I'll always be true) / This is (how we'll start⟳ love⟳ anew) This time (were gonna last⟳ forever)”
“When HBO airs “Behind the Candelabra” on May 26, the world will get⟳ to see⟳ Matt Damon play⟳ Liberace’s drug-addled, surgically enhanced lover – a role about as far from Jason Bourne as it gets.”
“Now, there's one in California who's been cursing my name⟳ / 'Cause I found me a better lover in the UK, hey, hey / Until I made my getaway”
“We can only hurt⟳ each other the way that lovers can / So where do we go, where do we hide⟳ now?”
“Be my bad boy, be my man / Be my weekend lover, but don't be my friend / You can be my bad boy, but understand⟳ / That I don't need⟳ you in my life again”
“2018 January 17, "Libra Woman: Personality Traits: Love⟳ & More", Astrology.com http://www.astrology.com/libra-woman.html A Libra woman seems to always be in love⟳ - either with her long term partner or with an ever-changing series of rotating lovers.”
“I'm up and jaws are on the floor Lovers in the bathroom and a line outside the door”
“a lover of fine wines”
“a lover of his/her own⟳ country”
“But though a conscientious disciplinarian he was no lover of authority for mere authority's sake.”
“Sunday is 420 day, when lovers of marijuana get⟳ together to celebrate⟳ their fondness for weed.”
“All right, my lover?”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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