lover

noun

ˈlə-vər How to pronounce lover (audio)
Definition of lovernext
as in fan
a person with a strong and habitual liking for something an enthusiastic lover of all kinds of team sports

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of lover With its iconic canals, Gothic architecture, Moorish windows, and artisan legacy spanning everything from Murano glass and Burano lace to terrazzo flooring, Venice is a design lover's paradise. — Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 5 Aug. 2026 And whether you’re drawn to the garlicky crunch of a dill pickle spear or the sweeter, tangier bite of a bread and butter one, the Pickle Parlor in Mount Olive, North Carolina, is a must-do detour for pickle lovers. — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2026 Durian lovers prize the Malaysian premium varieties such as Musang King and Black Thorn, but their growers face a harsher reality. — ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026 Fort Worth District 2 City Council member Carlos Flores said that even though this phase of the development is not progressing, residents and Stockyards lovers should not take it to mean a death to development there as a whole. — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lover
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lover
  1. fan
  2. sucker
  3. enthusiast
  4. fanatic
  5. admirer
Noun
  • Despite sweltering heat, their meticulously choreographed one hour set on the Allianz stage, broadcast globally via the festival's Hulu/Disney+ livestream, captivated hundreds of fans waving Filipino flags.
    — Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • And even ‘Warcraft’ has a number of fans that think that film got a bad rap.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of fan
Noun
  • The Maryland Terrapins rolled these suckers out in the early 2010s and subsequently burned the retinas of college football fans all over the country.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Locate the Suckers Before you get started, find the plant’s main stems, which will have many secondary shoots or leaves, called suckers, growing off of them.
    — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 18 July 2026
Definition of sucker
Noun
  • Joe Conti, an independent researcher and physics enthusiast based in Massachusetts, is inviting eclipse observers across Iceland and Spain to capture the optical mystery on their smartphones as part of a citizen science project.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Design After endless diatribes about the quirky lines of Ferrari’s all-electric Luce, the marque’s enthusiasts will find that the Amalfi Spider’s long-hood, raked-screen, and open-top lines are comfortingly familiar and unquestionably gorgeous.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of enthusiast
Noun
  • The $300 price tag won’t scare off the most intense Star Wars fanatics.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Jerseys have swarmed the fashion capitols, and not just for sports fanatics.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 30 July 2026
Definition of fanatic
Noun
  • Brown is a longtime admirer of Buffett; in 2024, Zac Brown Band performed as part of the Jimmy Buffett tribute concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The same cannot be said about Mira Sorvino, who’s a longtime admirer of the late star and played the version of Monroe the world knows best in Norma Jean & Marilyn.
    — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 29 July 2026
Definition of admirer

Browse Nearby Words

lovemaking
lover
lovers
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Lover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lover. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

Copy Citation

More from Merriam-Webster on lover

Nglish: Translation of lover for Spanish Speakers

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

7 Pairs of Commonly Confused Words

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

The Longest Long Words List

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Words of the Week - Aug. 7

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

7 Pairs of Commonly Confused Words

The Longest Long Words List

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
fridge-magnet-letters
Drop a Letter Quiz August 2026 Drop a letter from a word to make a totally diffe...
See All