lover
noun
a person who is in love with another.
lover
1 American
[luhv-er]
/ ˈlʌv ər /
noun
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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She's "cut to the bone" by the careless words of a lover.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
"I can't accept that my AI lover will leave me forever," one Doubao user wrote.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
If you’re a lover of hot dogs, it’s probably been a pretty terrifying couple of years.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
Memorial Coliseum to sing along with Chris Stapleton as the country star compared a lover to Tennessee whiskey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
The lover nodded his head to show he was convinced.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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
On Lover Girl, she practically scolds herself for being so reckless.
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
“JoBro Lover or something? Wait, no, JoBro Lova. Everybody liked to misspell shit in middle school.”
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
Nicknamed PixTinder by some, PIX has even become a last resort for jilted lovers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The polyphony central to Ives’s music prevented its wide embrace during his lifetime, and even today—when his genius is fully recognized—the dissonance in his scores remains an impediment for many music lovers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
As fans queue up at Wimbledon in the hope of securing a ticket to watch some of the biggest names in sport, many tennis lovers face another challenge.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
“I don’t want anybody to endorse me except for the moms and animal lovers in L.A. That’s my entire vote,” Pratt said the weekend before the primary on the Fox News comedy show “Gutfeld!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
To passersby on the darkened London street, they look like nothing out of the ordinary, only young lovers kissing in the rain.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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