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
Let bisexuals hold hands and talk to their little gay boyfriends on the phone under the covers.
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Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 15 Sep. 2025
The boyfriend was taken to a hospital for treatment and his fingers were surgically reattached, KVLY reported.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
It was met with heavy criticism from fans of Taylor Swift — whose boyfriend, Travis Kelce, is a tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs — because of her difficult past with Kanye West.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Prosecutors accused Read of backing up into O’Keefe, her boyfriend of two years, with her SUV, leaving him to freeze and die on the front yard of a Canton home where the pair was supposed to continue a night out after the bars closed that cold, snowy early January morning.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
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Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 15 Sep. 2025
The boyfriend was taken to a hospital for treatment and his fingers were surgically reattached, KVLY reported.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
It was met with heavy criticism from fans of Taylor Swift — whose boyfriend, Travis Kelce, is a tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs — because of her difficult past with Kanye West.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Prosecutors accused Read of backing up into O’Keefe, her boyfriend of two years, with her SUV, leaving him to freeze and die on the front yard of a Canton home where the pair was supposed to continue a night out after the bars closed that cold, snowy early January morning.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boyfriend
Noun
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Drescher played Fran Frine and Shaughnessy played her onscreen boss-turned-beau, Maxwell Sheffield.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Sep. 2025
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From the outside, Laura could be loving, protective, overbearing, even intrusive — while Cherry sows doubt for hiding pieces of her past despite ostensibly adoring her new beau.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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My boy retriever is just as dramatic.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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That's how Casey Kacz, an Event Coordinator for a non-profit and father of two young boys, felt when his car battery died.—
Kendall Malinchock,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In a bizarre twist, that denial letter listed her husband as the patient but made reference to the care of a newborn, not that of a 52-year-old man having a mental health crisis.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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It’s centered on her personal experience as a caregiver for her husband, who was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD).—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Boyfriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boyfriend. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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