lover
Plural: lovers
Noun
- A person who has a romantic or sexual relationship with someone.
- a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
- an ardent follower and admirer
- a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage
- One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.
- A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.
- A person who loves something.
- An informal term of address for any friend.
- Obsolete form of louver.
Examples
- a lover of fine wines
- a lover of his/her own country
- All right, my lover?
- Every Scrabble LOVER knows the joy of a perfectly executed bingo.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English lovere, luffer, lufere, equivalent to love + -er.
Synonyms
buff, devotee, fan, admirer, adorer, baby, bedfellow, bedmate, beloved, connoisseur, courter, crush, darling, enamorado, flame, follower, fuck, hookup, leman, loteby, love, love interest, lover, mate, paramour, root, sex partner, sexual partner, significant other, sparker, spouse, sweetheart, truelove, wooer
Scrabble Score: 8
lover: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordlover: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lover: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary