lover
nounEtymology
From Middle English lovere, luffer, lufere, equivalent to love + -er.
- inherited from lovere
Definitions
One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way
One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.
- […]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)
A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.
- 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
- I'm up and jaws are on the floor Lovers in the bathroom and a line outside the door
A person who loves something.
- 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.
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An informal term of address for any friend.
- All right, my lover?
Obsolete form of louver.
The neighborhood
- synonymadmirer
- synonymadorer
- synonymbaby
- synonymbeloved
- synonymcourter
- synonymcrush
- synonymdarling
- synonymenamorado
- synonymflame
- synonymfollower
- synonymleman
- synonymloteby
- neighborsexual partner
- neighborlibertine
- neighborFemale
- neighborgirlfriend
- neighborhoney
- neighborinamorata
- neighborladylove
- neighborlovergirl
- neighbormistress
- neighborwoman
- neighborkept woman
- neighborMale
Derived
Bambi-lover, birdlover, boylover, Canby's mountain lover, catlover, childlover, cyberlover, doglover, girllover, homolover, loverboy, loverdom, lovered, loveress, lovergirl, loverhood, loverless, loverlike, loverly, loverman, lover's eye, loverwise, manlover, motherlover, nonlover, peacelover, warlover, womanlover, word lover
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at lover. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at lover. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at lover
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA