lovers

NOUN

person having sexual relationship

Synonyms

STRONGEST

admirer boyfriend companion girlfriend suitor sweetheart

STRONG

Romeo beau beloved darling dear dearest escort flame idolizer inamorata inamorato paramour petitioner solicitor steady suppliant swain truelove valentine wooer

WEAK

Juliet courter fiancé fiancée infatuate significant other

Antonyms

STRONGEST

enemy foe opponent

STRONG

hate

Example Sentences

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It’s got two young lovers carving their names into car seat leather, and it’s got a girl trying to impress her boyfriend’s older sister with her cynical humor and her taste in yacht rock.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

In her story of ill-starred lovers and class divisions set on the bleak moors of Yorkshire, England, Emily Brontë creates two contrasting visions of home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

However, Curtis noted that it “took a long time” before they went from friends to lovers.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Different festivals appear to have adopted markedly different pricing strategies - such as moving to day events or offering less camping - leading to diverging real costs for music lovers across the UK festival circuit.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

I tried to remember what soap opera heroines said to their lovers, but I couldn’t compare this boy in shorts and knee socks to the manly Ricardos and Armandos.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago