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valentines

noun

plural of valentine
1
as in tributes

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as in lovers

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for valentines
  1. tributes
  2. lovers
  3. eulogies
  4. sweets
  5. paeans
  6. boyfriends
  7. commendations
  8. girlfriends
Noun
  • It was announced ahead of the game that one of the tributes to Parton — an orange butterfly decal with her name on it — would be on the back of every Volunteers player's helmet.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Jackie died last month after a weeks-long battle with a mysterious illness, setting off a torrent of heart-wrenching tributes and messages from her devoted fans who hailed from around the globe.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of tributes
Noun
  • Unfortunately for fans of the franchise, the beetle has come for an Owens this time, not one of their lovers.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026
  • For lovers of the first film, the sequel, arriving 28 years later, will go down like one of those midnight margaritas.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of lovers
Noun
  • Every decade seems to yield a new crop of death knells and eulogies explaining why the form has reached the end of its useful life.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 July 2026
  • Would her child be buried in a separate part of the cemetery without the appropriate eulogies?
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of eulogies
Noun
  • This Season Any home baker knows that the key to keeping pastries soft and icing spreadable is to tuck your sweets into their own container.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Craving sweets after dinner is a common experience, often driven by various factors like dietary habits and environmental cues.
    — Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of sweets
Noun
  • His celebratory words marking its 250th anniversary included not only the traditional paeans to the Founders but also a dose of personal grievance, plus soaring praise for his own achievements.
    — Susan Page, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • Alas, all those paeans to freedom have played out better in song than in real life.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
Definition of paeans
Noun
  • The tired, the sick, the hungry, the famous and tons of ex-boyfriends, all regretting their wrongs.
    — Courtney Love, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of boyfriends
Noun
  • Some soldiers distinguished themselves by helping to render emergency trauma response and first aid to civilians, earning individual service commendations, according to the Arkansas National Guard.
    — Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The novel earned commendations from authors such as Salman Rushdie and Amitav Ghosh.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
Definition of commendations
Noun
  • Chanen is among a new generation of wives and girlfriends of pro athletes, aka WAGs, who have proudly reclaimed the once-demeaning term.
    — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
  • At first, everyone was having a great time, and my girlfriends couldn’t stop talking about how cool my new friend was and how much everyone was enjoying hanging out with her.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of girlfriends
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“Valentines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/valentines. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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