as in lover
literary
a person with whom someone is having a romantic or sexual relationship and especially a secret or improper relationship
Her husband found a love letter from her paramour.
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Recent Examples of paramour
Though people didn’t know it at the time, the note was for Graber, from a programmer paramour.
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Among his paramours during this period were Tina Onassis and Ava Gardner.
—Air Mail, 29 Mar. 2025
Hopefully, your paramour will take a hint and follow suit.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
If her ostensible paramour was marked by sadness and an inability to relate, Molly connects more with places and things.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Among his paramours during this period were Tina Onassis and Ava Gardner.
—Air Mail, 29 Mar. 2025
Hopefully, your paramour will take a hint and follow suit.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
If her ostensible paramour was marked by sadness and an inability to relate, Molly connects more with places and things.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paramour
Noun
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Cascada’s rendition replaces Reilly’s yearning with decidedly more bombast, but the ecstatic feeling of connecting with a lover – whether on an elevator, dancefloor or basketball court – remains at the center.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
18 Apr. 2025
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Beverly ends up doing something he’s not done before — falling deeply for one of their patients/lovers, actress Claire (Geneviève Bujold).—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Her boyfriend, actor Callum Turner, was featured in many of the photos, which also featured them hanging out on the beautiful beaches in Albania.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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The three women lived at the off-campus home with two female roommates who went physically unharmed in the attack, while Chapin was Kernodle’s boyfriend and slept over for the night.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Even with that change from the initial trial, which ended in a hung jury, jurors split on a charge relating to Masterson’s former longtime girlfriend.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Apr. 2025
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News of the split came amid sightings of Post and new girlfriend Christy Lee, with whom he’s been spotted packing on PDA around the world.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This week on The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Brit and her husband hit the car lot in search of a shiny new toy—because apparently, nothing soothes public humiliation like a luxury vehicle.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
21 Apr. 2025
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The diagnosis fortunately led Hess and her husband to a physician who specialized in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, and to a hospital with a suitable NICU.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Meyer is survived by his parents, wife, three daughters and one son, according to Nance-Holt.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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His wife, first lady Melania, wore a black dress and black veil.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Paramour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paramour. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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