Thesaurus:lover

Thesaurus

lover

English

Noun

Sense: a person who loves another person, or is loved by another, of unspecified gender

Synonyms

• admirer
• adorer
• beloved    [⇒ thesaurus]
• courter
• crush
• darling
• enamorado
• flame
• follower
• leman
• loteby (obsolete)
• love    [⇒ thesaurus]
• love interest
• lover
• paramour
• sparker
• sweetheart    [⇒ thesaurus]
• truelove
• wooer

Hyponyms

Female

• baby    [⇒ thesaurus]
• girlfriend
• honey
• inamorata
• ladylove
• mistress    [⇒ thesaurus]
• woman    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• kept man

Male

• amoroso
• beau (dated)
• boyfriend
• inamorato
• leman
• suitor
• swain
• young man
•   —
• cicisbeo
• kept man

Non-binary

• enbyfriend
• theyfriend

See also

• Thesaurus:sexual partner
• Thesaurus:sweetheart (nickname)
• Thesaurus:libertine

Further reading

• “897. love” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “lover” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.