paramours

noun

plural of paramour
as in lovers
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 paramours Swift has been seen about town with famous friends, paramours and even one of her cats from time to time. — Lily Boyce, New York Times, 2 July 2026 As the media narrative went, a 27-year-old gay serial killer named Andrew Cunanan had murdered five wealthy gay paramours, the last of whom was the fashion designer Gianni Versace. — Adam Turner, Vanity Fair, 1 June 2026 Clark and Floyd had initially bonded over the show’s namesake app, a means for married people to meet discreet new partners; Floyd, too, had met up with potential paramours like Modern Love (Peter Sarsgaard), the online pseudonym of a local roller rink owner. — Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026 During the course of the film, Grace deals with life, love (including a pair of paramours from the same band), professional disappointments, and the fallout of a horrible experience from her past. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2026 Other unconfirmed paramours include A$AP Rocky, multiple NBA players, and, most recently, Bad Bunny. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026 The record is filled with sexy dance-pop bangers and finds Khalid — for the first time in his career — using he/him pronouns when discussing paramours in his lyrics. — Jeff Nelson, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025 Once again, the Western canon’s most famous paramours have traded soliloquies for pointe shoes. — Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Apr. 2023
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  1. lovers
  2. boyfriends
  3. girlfriends
  4. husbands
  5. wives
Noun
  • This is the Prairie School thumbprint that Condé Nast Traveler ranks among the world's best small cities for architecture lovers.
    — Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • And despite wrapping production before the Canadian series aired, this new movie also mirrors it with a scene in which the two lovers stare at each other across a crowded nightclub dance floor.
    — David Mack, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Definition of lovers
Noun
  • As with Yarmosky, Holmes seemed to be having fun with these boyfriends, according to The Cut.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
  • The singer and Gomez met through their respective ex-boyfriends, Joe and Nick Jonas, in 2008.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 2 July 2026
Definition of boyfriends
Noun
  • Two 20-something girlfriends shared a plate to my right, while a group of middle-aged white men traveling from Houston took up a conversation with the cashier.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
  • Most coverage treated them as curiosities, a labor squabble in a faraway factory town, an authoritarian quirk about digital girlfriends.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of girlfriends
Noun
  • On Wednesday, the spouses of the detainees gathered outside FDC wearing shirts with their husbands’ faces, the prison towering over them.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026
  • At least 45 widows have directly succeeded their late husbands in Congress, according to 2025 data from the House of Representatives.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 18 July 2026
Definition of husbands
Noun
  • Brouillette, 37, was among the officers on the scene in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday after a fatal ICE shooting, according to two of his ex-wives who reviewed photos of the incident.
    — Curt Devine, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • Some of the biggest stars of the 2026 World Cup have known their wives since childhood.
    — Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
Definition of wives

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