LOVER Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

lover

noun

ˈlə-vər

Definition of lover

as in fan

a person with a strong and habitual liking for something an enthusiastic lover of all kinds of team sports

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Recent Examples of lover At first, its plea to remain somewhere in an old lover’s life can feel like the whole tragedy. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026 Library funding survives, narrowly The night proved to be heartening for local library lovers. — Noah Daly august 20, Idaho Statesman, 20 Aug. 2026 One of the photos released shows the pair of friends-turned-secret-lovers in bed together, while another shot of them facing each other in a bathroom hints that there’s tension lingering. — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026 In a makeshift audition booth assembled in a far corner on the ground floor of the Los Angeles Convention Center, a steady stream of K-pop lovers took their shot this past weekend. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lover

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Noun

Hickey surrendered three guns, a bow, blinds, decoys, 115 pounds of turkey meat and 47 turkey fans.

— Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2026
The scrutiny at the club is like no other, the media attention can be smothering and the level expected from fans is so high.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of fan

Noun

Often, a tree grows suckers in response to stress from pests, diseases, or damage, or to difficult conditions such as inadequate root space or insufficient water.

— Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
This sucker is super small and lightweight, clips on in a second, and feels damn close to the original inputs.

— David Pierce, The Verge, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of sucker

Noun

Haaland’s whole thing is to sort of explode out of nowhere to blow Valhalla-sized holes in the back of the net, a pattern that’s long been familiar to EPL enthusiasts.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 Aug. 2026
On the other hand, severe inflation could produce the same nominal milestone while bitcoin purchased far less than enthusiasts imagine.

— Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of enthusiast

Noun

What we’re left with is the image of the fanatic, leaving prints on the grass, chasing the President’s golf cart to no avail, working out her psychic need in the epistolary form, writing as much to herself as to her addressee.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
Croissant lovers, cookie fanatics and cake devotees — this one’s for you.

— Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of fanatic

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