lover
/ˈlʌvɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.
noun
A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.
noun
An informal term of address for any friend.
Example Sentences
- "[…]loue is blinde, and louers cannot ſee / The pretty follies that themſelues commit,[…]"
- "Well there's a wide wide world of noble causes / And lovely landscapes to discover / But all I really want to do right now / Is find another lover"
- "This is for the lover in you (take this ring) / This ring (It means I'll always be true) / This is (how we'll start love anew) This time (were gonna last forever)"
- "When HBO airs “Behind the Candelabra” on May 26, the world will get to see Matt Damon play Liberace’s drug-addled, surgically enhanced lover – a role about as far from Jason Bourne as it gets."
- "Now, there's one in California who's been cursing my name / 'Cause I found me a better lover in the UK, hey, hey / Until I made my getaway"
- "We can only hurt each other the way that lovers can / So where do we go, where do we hide now?"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: lovere
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlʌvɚ/
- British English: /ˈlʌvə/