lover

Plural

lovers

1. 1.One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.

   • We can only hurt each other the way that lovers can / So where do we go, where do we hide now?
   • 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.

2. 2.A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.

3. 3.A person who loves something.

   • Sunday is 420 day, when lovers of marijuana get together to celebrate their fondness for weed.
   • But though a conscientious disciplinarian he was no lover of authority for mere authority's sake.

4. 4.An informal term of address for any friend.

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Everyday conversation

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General reading & writing

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Academic

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Literature

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Synonyms

• fan

Word family

• love