fiancé

noun

ˌfē-ˌän-ˈsā How to pronounce fiancé (audio)
Definition of fiancénext
as in fiancée
the person to whom one is engaged to be married couldn't wait to show off her fiancé to all of her relatives

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Recent Examples of fiancé Swift and her footballer fiance have gone out of their way to keep their wedding plans under wraps. — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 5 June 2026 Sharapova gave birth to her and her British fiance Alexander Gilkes’ son Theodore in 2022. — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026 Howard played a detective investigating Foster, a New York City radio host who turns vigilante seeking revenge after her fiance is beaten to death. — Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026 Corinne's fiance, 30-year-old Kyle Vasey, was seriously injured. — Olivia Young, CBS News, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for fiancé
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiancé
  1. girlfriend
  2. sweet
  3. boyfriend
  4. love
  5. admirer
  6. intended
Noun
  • Toronto Apartment opens with Lock O’Hara (played by Wheeler) being dumped by his girlfriend Ava (Jessica Grossman), who moves out and leaves him unable to cover the rent alone.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
  • Supported by his family and his girlfriend, Ana Amelia Batlle Cabral, Hernández poked fun at everyone from Jake Paul to Tiger Woods and produced some hilarious sketches.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 16 July 2026
Definition of girlfriend
Noun
  • The Clerk’s Office said a $1,414 catering bill for coffees, sweets and sodas in a break room in the Capitol’s Cannon Building also was not refundable.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • The opposite of super polished and precious baking content, Baber’s rushed, comedic voiceovers make baking sweets feel like a chaotic adventure.
    — Leslie Horn Peterson, Time, 14 July 2026
Definition of sweet
Noun
  • Anyway, now Carmella has an ex-husband she is not divorced from and a boyfriend who cheated on her.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 July 2026
  • In one photo, Kardashian could be seen smiling next to her boyfriend and her daughter Chicago in what appeared to be the first selfie of the couple with one of her kids.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
Definition of boyfriend
Noun
  • For me, the closest cinema has come capturing that randomness and unfairness is Jane Campion’s beautiful and meditative Bright Star, which tells the love story of Romantic poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne and of Keats’ death at 25 of tuberculosis.
    — Sarah Chihaya, Vulture, 16 July 2026
  • Local love for Lorem Ipsum Hazelton was flooded with kind words and well wishes after sharing news of Lorem Ipsum’s closure.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 16 July 2026
Definition of love
Noun
  • Also, as an admirer of redwoods, Preston liked Calaveras Big Trees State Park.
    — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
  • My grandfather was devoted to Lincoln — as a scholar, as an admirer.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2026
Definition of admirer
Noun
  • Once the intendeds did tie the knot, their love deepened into a lifetime of devotion and admiration.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 12 Apr. 2026
Definition of intended

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“Fiancé.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fianc%C3%A9. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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