as in beaux
a male romantic companion
her boyfriend always brings her flowers for Valentine's Day
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Recent Examples of boyfriends
By the 1990s, the rule book was hundreds of pages long, with lines as specific as which fork to use at dinner and directives to not speak about boyfriends in front of fans, according to Texas Monthly's podcast America's Girls.
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Emily Krauser,
PEOPLE,
20 June 2026
By the time of Spencer’s conviction, arrests and prosecutions of such cases had nearly doubled and judges would no longer routinely grant bail to husbands or boyfriends who have been arrested.
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Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 June 2026
Husbands and boyfriends have been booking birthday celebrations and surprise date nights for their ladies.
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Kansas City Star,
29 May 2026
The black widow is not only the namesake of an Avenger, but used as a term for female serial killers that take out their husbands and boyfriends, as black widow spiders sometimes eat their male partners.
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Eva Flowe
may 28,
Charlotte Observer,
28 May 2026
The trouble reportedly started when some of the party attendees started arguing with each other about their boyfriends, witness Jeremiah Braxton told The Associated Press.
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Robert McGreevy,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
There was a bit of screaming by girls, but the boyfriends who went along wanted to listen to the band.
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Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
Heated Rivalry breakouts Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams have parlayed their overnight fame into voiceover work for the audio erotica app Quinn, also home to dirty talk from internet boyfriends like Christopher Briney and Andrew Scott.
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Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
15 Apr. 2026
Her famous boyfriends have included NBA stars Devin Booker and Ben Simmons, as well as rapper Bad Bunny.
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Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
Emily Krauser,
PEOPLE,
20 June 2026
By the time of Spencer’s conviction, arrests and prosecutions of such cases had nearly doubled and judges would no longer routinely grant bail to husbands or boyfriends who have been arrested.
—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 June 2026
Husbands and boyfriends have been booking birthday celebrations and surprise date nights for their ladies.
—
Kansas City Star,
29 May 2026
The black widow is not only the namesake of an Avenger, but used as a term for female serial killers that take out their husbands and boyfriends, as black widow spiders sometimes eat their male partners.
—
Eva Flowe
may 28,
Charlotte Observer,
28 May 2026
The trouble reportedly started when some of the party attendees started arguing with each other about their boyfriends, witness Jeremiah Braxton told The Associated Press.
—
Robert McGreevy,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
There was a bit of screaming by girls, but the boyfriends who went along wanted to listen to the band.
—
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
Heated Rivalry breakouts Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams have parlayed their overnight fame into voiceover work for the audio erotica app Quinn, also home to dirty talk from internet boyfriends like Christopher Briney and Andrew Scott.
—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
15 Apr. 2026
Her famous boyfriends have included NBA stars Devin Booker and Ben Simmons, as well as rapper Bad Bunny.
—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boyfriends
Noun
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So are their girlfriends and wives, who support their beaus in stadiums and at home.
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Despite some very not-so-subtle hints from yours truly, my past beaus have never gifted me a handbag on Valentine’s Day, either.
Noun
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According to department officials, the complaint alleged that when girls object to sharing spaces with boys, the district puts the burden on the girls to find other facilities.
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Two young Brazilian boys showed their fancy dance moves the sound of a bagpipe played by Scottish Tartan Army fan Mark Love, who was visiting from Edinburgh.
Noun
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She was predeceased by husbands Earl Fries and Pat Trese.
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Though strictly a fathers club, the group, Nieves said, has grown thanks to wives and partners sharing his social media posts with their husbands.
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“Boyfriends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boyfriends. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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