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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Lovers of Virginia Woolf's novels have expressed anger about a development which will block a sea view from her former holiday home.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

After his stroke nine years ago, he recovered to launch a new album, Road Songs For Lovers, in 2017.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

The woman was swimming with a group on Sunday afternoon when “two witnesses indicated the swimmer may have encountered a shark while swimming offshore near Lovers Point,” the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

Their Bacon Lovers gift box is a fun way to stock up, sample a bunch, or gift someone a breakfast upgrade that lasts for weeks.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2025

And that’s exactly how Mrs. Chiltington and her League of Concerned Library Lovers would run things when they became the board of trustees in charge of what used to be the Lemoncello Library.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein