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
All the girls are now wearing little black shades and flipping their hair about maniacally with a pen in their mouth, while their boyfriends are in backwards Kangol flat-caps and riding bicycles.
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Daisy Jones, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2026
It's become a buzzword lobbed at bad bosses and ex-boyfriends, and leaders across the political spectrum.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
At the airport, their respective boyfriends Jesse and Oliver show up to see them off.
—Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2026
Checkers ice out the Islanders Besides book lovers discussing their book boyfriends and favorite tropes there was a hockey game Friday night.
—Charlotte Observer, 16 Mar. 2026
Parker played one of Grace’s boyfriends, Josh, on Will & Grace for a five-episode arc in 2000.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2026
Other types of suspects included mothers’ boyfriends, babysitters, stepparents or other relatives.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
While struggling to avoid the lethal fate, Natalie is also forced to reckon with what exactly happened to her former boyfriends, and how each ended up dead.
—Mason Leib, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2026
There will be times when too much time on my hands leads to nonsense, like deep character dives on Instagram regarding the wives of ex-boyfriends.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Daisy Jones, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2026
It's become a buzzword lobbed at bad bosses and ex-boyfriends, and leaders across the political spectrum.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
At the airport, their respective boyfriends Jesse and Oliver show up to see them off.
—Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2026
Checkers ice out the Islanders Besides book lovers discussing their book boyfriends and favorite tropes there was a hockey game Friday night.
—Charlotte Observer, 16 Mar. 2026
Parker played one of Grace’s boyfriends, Josh, on Will & Grace for a five-episode arc in 2000.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2026
Other types of suspects included mothers’ boyfriends, babysitters, stepparents or other relatives.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
While struggling to avoid the lethal fate, Natalie is also forced to reckon with what exactly happened to her former boyfriends, and how each ended up dead.
—Mason Leib, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2026
There will be times when too much time on my hands leads to nonsense, like deep character dives on Instagram regarding the wives of ex-boyfriends.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 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.—
Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
1 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Michelle Baricevic,
InStyle,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Sophomore boys and freshmen and sophomore girls will start the day participating in an on-and off-ice fitness and skills combine, followed by a college/junior hockey fair for participating players.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
8 Apr. 2026
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Howe coached boys' and girls' cross country, freshman boys' basketball and helped with girls' spring track, according to officials.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In this sketch, a group of women worries about whether their husbands in the other room are getting along.—
Rima Parikh,
Vulture,
5 Apr. 2026
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What looked at first to be a repeat of a recent sketch about wine-drinking wives chatting in the kitchen and playing truth or dare instead pivoted to a scene about husbands stuck together in a den with nothing to talk about.—
Omar L. Gallaga,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Boyfriends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boyfriends. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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