Thesaurus:lover

Thesaurus:lover

THESAURUS

lover

English

Synonyms

• admirer

• adorer

• beloved    [WS]

• courter

• crush

• darling

• flame

• follower

• leman

• loteby (obsolete)

• love    [WS]

• love interest

• lover

• paramour

• sparker

• sweetheart    [WS]

• truelove

• wooer

Hyponyms

Female

• baby    [WS]

• girlfriend

• honey

• inamorata

• ladylove

• mistress    [WS]

• woman    [WS]

•   —

• kept man

Male

• amoroso

• beau (obsolete)

• boyfriend

• inamorato

• leman

• suitor

• swain

• young man

•   —

• cicisbeo

• kept man

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.