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
She’s been stealing from anybody and everybody — from hospitals, doctors’ offices, family members and her boyfriend’s family.
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Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
Police said the shooting happened during what the girl's 17-year-old boyfriend described as a struggle over his gun.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Nov. 2025
The foil to all of these characters is Josh Hutcherson as Maia’s boyfriend Dylan.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2025
And as North Carolina has had a tough year, she has been seen at plenty of home games supporting her boyfriend and the team.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2025
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Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
Police said the shooting happened during what the girl's 17-year-old boyfriend described as a struggle over his gun.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Nov. 2025
The foil to all of these characters is Josh Hutcherson as Maia’s boyfriend Dylan.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2025
And as North Carolina has had a tough year, she has been seen at plenty of home games supporting her boyfriend and the team.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boyfriend
Noun
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However, since then, the reality star has continued to show off her beau.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Her complicated grief deepens a rift with her teenage daughter Clara (Grace), whose college dreams and new beau (Thames) Morgan does not approve of.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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No army in history seemed ever to have been more ragged and motley and mongrel and polyglot than the Continental, rich and poor, learned and illiterate, from boys to old men, skilled and unskilled, born all over the world, speaking dozens of languages, believing in different gods and in no god.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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Gordon's wife Tana Ramsay also shared a post in honor of Jesse's big day, including more photos of the birthday boy.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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My religious faith is such that divorce is wrong and that women cannot divorce their husbands.—
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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My grandmother, on the other hand, lived for another 25 years after her husband died—which meant my relationship with her extended well into my 30s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Boyfriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boyfriend. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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