Thesaurus results for PARAMOURS

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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Noun

Art lovers and newer aficionados will appreciate learning more about the artists, the art, and how they were created.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026
Wayfarer Tavern, which opened in 2025, has already achieved legendary status among Greater Cincinnati pizza lovers.

— USA TODAY Network, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of lovers

Noun

As well as the two ur-bad boyfriends from HBO’s Girls Christopher Abbott and Adam Driver who will portray, respectively, Professor Charles Xavier and Nathaniel Milbury/Mister Sinister.

— Chris Lee, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2026
Keegan-Michael Key and Rob Huebel have been cast as the BFFs’ boyfriends.

— Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of boyfriends

Noun

Her biggest challenges seemed to be getting the rest of the NBA to take her seriously after previously partying with her father’s girlfriends and posing nude for Playboy magazine.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Here’s a look at a few of the WAGs — wives and girlfriends — who will be cheering on Chiefs players this season.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of girlfriends

Noun

To be with people that get to go home to their pets, or wives, or husbands, or children, makes for a different vibe on set.

— Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
Each presents a group portrait of a handful of disaffected British suburbanites—husbands who resent their deadening jobs, toddlers who whine and interrupt, and, above all, hassled wives subsumed by a crush of household obligations.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of husbands

Noun

Perhaps the most remarkable part was that, in this postwar time when few women, let alone the wives of fellow artists, were given much due, Claude Lalanne was a sculptor in her own right.

— Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 21 Aug. 2026
Taking up to four wives is legal in Senegal, though the practice is a common source of tension discussed on the women’s program.

— Adrien Marotte, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Aug. 2026

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