hons

noun

plural of hon
as in sweethearts
a person with whom one is in love I'm so glad you're home, hon

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  1. sweethearts
  2. darlings
  3. sweeties
  4. dears
  5. girlfriends
  6. boyfriends
Noun
  • Goebbels interviewed Wessel’s grieving mother and wrote of Jaenichen and Wessel as childhood sweethearts, as though their story was from romance fiction.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Gregory's mother-in-law told The Telegraph the couple were school sweethearts who had been together for over 20 years.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of sweethearts
Noun
  • That is not the case in South Korea, whose market darlings, memory makers SK Hynix and Samsung, are an integral part of the commercial AI buildout.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Today, the Mexico City GP is recognized as one of the Formula 1 circuit’s intercontinental darlings.
    — Alan Chazaro, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of darlings
Noun
  • But my little Outlander sweeties, this is not just any reverend, this is Reverend Wakefield.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of sweeties
Noun
  • Whether these ads were meant to imply that clutching and shifting was too physical for women, too unladylike, or just too complex for the little dears is not clear.
    — Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of dears
Noun
  • But the day after Mother’s Day in 2017—which Jen memorialized by sending a group text to myself and the core girlfriends with a snapshot of her two toddlers on a big rock in Puerto Rico—Jen’s private plane fell out of the sky.
    — Vanessa Grigoriadis, Vanity Fair, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Here’s what 11 of his ex-girlfriends and former Playboy Playmates have had to say about the experience — both good and bad.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of girlfriends
Noun
  • And, if so, what will happen to all those chatbot boyfriends?
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
  • People’s responses were also colored by everyone suddenly having lawyers and managers and agents, wives, husbands, boyfriends, girlfriends, friends.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of boyfriends
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“Hons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hons. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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