as in beau
a male romantic companion
her boyfriend always brings her flowers for Valentine's Day
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Recent Examples of boyfriend
As a form of payback, the OP asked her 38-year-old friend to pretend to be her boyfriend and accompany her to Easter dinner with her father and his younger partner.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
Graham plays Grace Landry, the mother of Kenna’s late boyfriend, Scotty.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
Chelsea, of course, met a sad fate along with her much-older boyfriend, Rick (Walton Goggins) in The White Lotus Season 3 finale a week ago.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Her niece’s boyfriend, twenty-two-year-old Jacob Miranda, had also died there, of a fentanyl overdose.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
Graham plays Grace Landry, the mother of Kenna’s late boyfriend, Scotty.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
Chelsea, of course, met a sad fate along with her much-older boyfriend, Rick (Walton Goggins) in The White Lotus Season 3 finale a week ago.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Her niece’s boyfriend, twenty-two-year-old Jacob Miranda, had also died there, of a fentanyl overdose.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boyfriend
Noun
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Jealous of Kate’s new beau, Bill (Glenn Ford), Pat steals him away, marrying him.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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Sherman, as the only nonpolitical character in the sketch, was paired with Jon Hamm playing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. but dressed like Walton Goggins' Rick, the beau of Wood's Chelsea on season 3 of the drama series.—
Jillian Sederholm,
EW.com,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The diagnosis fortunately led Hess and her husband to a physician who specialized in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, and to a hospital with a suitable NICU.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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Nadine, 58, was indicted in September 2023 on bribery charges with her husband, but her trial was delayed due to her breast cancer treatment.—
Annabella Rosciglione,
The Washington Examiner,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Boyfriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boyfriend. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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