lover

A2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈlʌvɚ/ UK /ˈlʌvə/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like lubber /v/ vs /b/

Freq #1865

Meanings

1

noun
Someone you are in a romantic or sexual relationship with.

The poem was written for a secret lover she never named.
2

noun
A person who greatly enjoys a particular thing.

As a lover of fine wines, he knew every vineyard in the region.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · someone you are in a... sweetheartsignificant other

2 noun · a person who greatly enjoys... connoisseur buff

More admirer adorer baby beloved courter crush darlingenamoradoflame follower lemanloteby

Word family

Forms lovers

Derived forms bambi-loverbirdloverboylovercatloverchildlovercyberloverdoglovergirlloverhomoloverloverboyloverdomlovered

Related forms libertine

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Phrases (2)

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Proverbs (2)

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Etymology

From Middle English lovere, luffer, lufere, equivalent to love + -er.

lovere Middle English

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Topics

People & Society

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# lover

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈlʌvɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈlʌvə/
**Frequency rank:** 1865

## Meanings
1. Someone you are in a romantic or sexual relationship with.
2. A person who greatly enjoys a particular thing.

## Examples
- The poem was written for a secret lover she never named.
- As a lover of fine wines, he knew every vineyard in the region.

## Synonyms
- admirer
- adorer
- baby
- beloved
- courter
- crush
- darling
- enamorado
- flame
- follower
- leman
- loteby

## Derived Forms
- bambi-lover
- birdlover
- boylover
- catlover
- childlover
- cyberlover
- doglover
- girllover
- homolover
- loverboy
- loverdom
- lovered

## Related Forms
- libertine

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: lovere

## Etymology
From Middle English lovere, luffer, lufere, equivalent to love + -er.

## AI Etymology
Lover comes from Middle English lovere, luffer, lufere, equivalent to love + -er. In present-day English its meanings include someone you are in a romantic or sexual relationship with and a person who greatly enjoys a particular thing. Related and derived forms include libertine, bambi-lover, birdlover, and boylover.

## Topics
- People & Society

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