lover
noun
a person who is in love with another.
lover
1 American
[luhv-er]
/ ˈlʌv ər /
noun
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lovers
plural
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a person who is in love with another.
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a person who has a sexual or romantic relationship with another.
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a person with whom one conducts an extramarital sexual affair.
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a person who has a strong enjoyment or liking for something, as specified.
a lover of music.
- Synonyms:
- fan, enthusiast, devotee
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a person who loves, especially a person who has or shows a warm and general affectionate regard for others.
a lover of humankind.
Lover
2
American
[luhv-er]
/ ˈlʌv ər /
noun
lover
British
/ ˈlʌvə /
noun
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a person, now esp a man, who has an extramarital or premarital sexual relationship with another person
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(often plural) either of the two people involved in a love affair
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someone who loves a specified person or thing
a lover of music
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( in combination )
a music-lover
a cat-lover
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Apprehensive yet eager for human connection, she poignantly can’t find the courage to leave her refuge with a lover who passes through.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Authorities charged her onetime lover, billionaire Stephen Cloobeck, with tampering with a witness in the case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Howles, who is not a boater but describes herself as a canal lover, said both existing canals and those being restored needed protection.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
This setting of five poems on deep and serious subjects is one of the most extraordinarily affecting gifts ever created by one lover for another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Yes, he seemed to be a true library lover, but Marjory couldn’t trust him.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
On Lover Girl, she practically scolds herself for being so reckless.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
Along the way, she dips her toes into new sounds – from the soul-infused lead single Silver Lining to the lively Brazilian rhythms of Lover Girl.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
It’s what Selena has carved for her Latino fans especially, what banda music has offered generations of Angeleno families, and what the Egyptian Lover has given “the freaks.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025
When I tell a friend I’m writing about the Egyptian Lover, she starts dancing like a pharaoh, hands jutting in opposite directions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025
Lover and friend hast Thou put far from me; and darkness is my only companion.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Cheese lovers who enjoy eating the rind may have another reason to do so.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
One was of a place I’d been hearing about for years: a sleepy beach town surrounded by several others, an area beloved by fashion insiders, artists and nature lovers alike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
That football lovers should want to show a connection with arguably the greatest player of all time comes as no surprise - likewise his long-term rival in the now-distinct yellow of Al-Nassr.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
There are tragic, inescapable events and ill-fated lovers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The trees were still in full leaf, and we couldn’t spot any lovers, so Branwell rested his arms on the bridge railing and spoke to the open air.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
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