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
When my boyfriend tried to hand over a few Euros to end the confrontation, one of them grabbed his wallet and snatched over $100.
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Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
The suspect was Makayla Sadowski’s boyfriend, authorities say.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2025
The assistant took that recipe and ran with it—to the kitchen that is—and shared the finished product with her boyfriend.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
In a later scene, Bates gets a blowjob from a boyfriend while watching himself on the big screen in Psycho.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
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Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
The suspect was Makayla Sadowski’s boyfriend, authorities say.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2025
The assistant took that recipe and ran with it—to the kitchen that is—and shared the finished product with her boyfriend.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
In a later scene, Bates gets a blowjob from a boyfriend while watching himself on the big screen in Psycho.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boyfriend
Noun
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Last year’s The Tortured Poets Department, which recounted Swift’s breakups with rocker beau Matty Healy and actor/co-writer Joe Alwyn, bristled at expectations and disappeared into fantasy.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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Her beau and companion was asleep on his board in the middle of the lagoon.—
NEAL RUBIN,
Freep.com,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Surveillance footage showed Brown carrying the sleeping boy from his bedroom hours before he was found in a pool of blood, WFAA reported, citing Dallas police.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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It was given to a total of 2,249 baby boys in 2024, per the SSA.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
6 Oct. 2025
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When one patient, a new mother experiencing postpartum depression, commits an impulsive, desperate act, Linda is forced to contend with her own physically and emotionally unavailable husband.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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That of the vampy, endlessly ambitious, and deliciously ruthless weather presenter Suzanne Stone, who plots to knock off her husband (Matt Dillon) in Gus Van Sant’s satirical romp.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Boyfriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boyfriend. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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