lover

Syllables: lov·erUK/ˈlʌvə//ˈlʌvɚ/

lover noun: one who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse. Also the obsolete form of louver.

Noun

lover (plural lovers)

One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.
- […]loue is blinde, and louers cannot ſee / The pretty follies that themſelues commit,[…]c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- 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 lover1976, Joni Mitchell, “Song For Sharon”, in Hejira
Synonyms:

love, love interest, spouse, sweetheart, significant other
A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.
- Be my bad boy, be my man / Be my weekend lover, but don't be my friend / You can be my bad boy, but understand / That I don't need you in my life again2006, Peifer Yann, Reuter Manuel, “Bad Boy”, in Everytime^([sic]) We Touch, performed by Cascada, →OCLC
- A Libra woman seems to always be in love - either with her long term partner or with an ever-changing series of rotating lovers.2018 January 17, "Libra Woman: Personality Traits: Love & More", Astrology.com http://www.astrology.com/libra-woman.html
Synonyms:

bedfellow, bedmate, fuck, hookup, paramour, mate, root, sex partner, sexual partner
A person who loves something.
- a lover of fine wines
- a lover of his/her own country
Synonyms:

connoisseur
(West-Country) An informal term of address for any friend.
- All right, my lover?

Also used as

lover is also the obsolete form of louver.

lover meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

lover in Hindi

one who loves another person: प्रेमी premī, प्रेमिका premikā, प्रणयी praṇyī
sexual partner: प्रेमिक premik, प्रेमिका premikā, प्रेमी premī

lover in Tamil

காதலன், காதலி

lover in Marathi

one who loves another person: प्रियकर priyakar, प्रेयसी preyasī

lover in Urdu

one who loves another person: عاشِق 'āśiq, عاشِقَہ 'āśiqa
sexual partner: آشْنا āśnā, عاشِق 'āśiq, عاشِقَہ 'āśiqa, مَعْشُوق ma'śūq, مَعْشُوقَہ ma'śūqa

More languagesFewer languages

lover in Bengali: প্রেমিক premik, প্রেমিকা premika, আশেক aśek
lover in Telugu: ప్రియుడు priyuḍu, ప్రియురాలు priyurālu, ప్రేమికుడు prēmikuḍu, ప్రేమికురాలు prēmikurālu
lover in Malayalam: കാമുകൻ kāmukaṉ, പ്രിയൻ priyaṉ
lover in Kannada: ಪ್ರೇಮಿ, ಪ್ರಿಯಕರ
lover in Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰੇਮੀ, ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ
lover in Gujarati: આશક āśak, પ્રેમી premī, વલ્લભ vallabh, પ્રેમિકા premikā
lover in Sanskrit: कामुक kāmuka
lover in Nepali: प्रेमी
lover in Arabic: عَاشِق ʕāšiq, عَاشِقَة ʕāšiqa, مُحِبّ muḥibb, مُحِبَّة muḥibba
lover in Malay: kekasih
lover in Indonesian: kekasih
lover in Thai: คู่รัก kûu-rák, คนรัก kon-rák
lover in Vietnamese: người yêu, người tình bạn tình
lover in Myanmar: သယောက် sa.yauk, လင်ငယ် langngai

Examples of lover in a sentence

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)1980, Shalamar, “This Is For The Lover In You”, in Three For Love:
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.2013 March 11, Adam Markovitz, “Matt Damon on (maybe) returning to ‘Bourne’ and playing Liberace’s lover”, in CNN:
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 getaway2014 September 23, Elle King, Dave Bassett, “Ex's & Oh's”, in Love Stuff, performed by Elle King:
We can only hurt each other the way that lovers can / So where do we go, where do we hide now?2016, David Boulter, Stuart A. Staples, “Like Only Lovers Can”, in The Waiting Room, performed by Tindersticks:

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Synonyms of lover

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All synonyms of lover

Forms of lover

plural	lovers
alternative form (obsolete, dialectal)	lovyer

Plural of lover: lovers

Origin of lover

From Middle English lovere, luffer, lufere, equivalent to love + -er.

Phrases with lover

Words that rhyme with lover

Questions about lover

What does lover mean?: Lover means one who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.
What is lover in Hindi?: Lover in Hindi is प्रेमी (premī), प्रेमिका (premikā), प्रणयी (praṇyī). See Lover meaning in Hindi.
How do you use lover in a sentence?: 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)
What part of speech is lover?: Lover is a noun.
How do you pronounce lover?: Lover is pronounced /ˈlʌvɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of lover?: The plural of lover is lovers.

Words near lover in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: lover (page history and authors); lover (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lover (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lover (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lover (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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