boyfriend

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

boyfriends

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

boyfriend

past (v2)

boyfriended

past participle (v3)

boyfriended

present participle

boyfriending

3rd person singular

boyfriends

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.

   • I was playing the drums and my boyfriend was playing the electric guitar.
   • If I was your boyfriend, I’d never let you go / I can take you places you ain’t never been before.
   • Referring to someone as your boyfriend or girlfriend suggests several things about your relationship, said Leah Carey, a sex and relationship coach and podcast host of “Good Girls Talk About Sex.”

2. 2.A male friend.

   • Tom doesn't know I'm Mary's boyfriend.

3. 3.A style of women's clothing that draws heavily from corresponding men's garments.

   • Tom doesn't know I'm Mary's boyfriend.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To be a boyfriend to (someone).(informal)

   • That says the boyfriend WAS an NPC Promoter/Judge AT THE TIME he was 'boyfriending' her, and she was SIXTEEN.

2. 2.To have (someone) as a boyfriend.(informal)

   • Rina is out boyfriending, God help us. The last one she brought back was terrible.
   • Poor Seth. He has it bad for Marisol. He buzzes around her constantly like a big, sweaty fly, and she’s too nice to tell him to back off. Also, boyfriending him seems to do absolutely nothing to deter him.
   • Her husband hurries home after work; her sister, if not boyfriending or tired, takes the girls and Max on subsidized trips to the Rubins’ favorite café, where they are petted and given mugs of cappuccino foam.

Overall

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By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Uncommon

General reading & writing

Uncommon

Academic

Rare

Literature

Rare

Synonyms

• fellow