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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Since Shakespeare’s verse for the young lovers is among his most rhapsodic and hypnotically beautiful, the choice is dismaying.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

There’s some wan comedy in an early scene where these new-ish lovers debate the ethics of secrecy while revealing the skeletons they’ve been hiding from each other.

From Los Angeles Times • 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

Calixte had not been wrong in calling Lazlo naïve, but even as remote as such things as lovers were to him, he understood the smile, and the warm tone of her voice.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor