Lover

Noun

 * 1) A person who loves another person, a sweetheart.
 * 2) A sexual partner.
 * 3) A person who loves something; connoisseur.

Synonyms

 * connoisseur
 * See also Thesaurus:lover
 * See also Thesaurus:sexual partner

Derived terms

 * lovers lane / lover's lane / lovers' lane

Adjectives for Lover
tender; considerate; laggard; betrothed; melancholy; disconsolate; romantic; passionate; despairing; hot; beseeching; universal; entwined (pi); advanced; weary; ardent; triumphant; meek; changing; newly-plighted; lifelong; patriarchal; listening; whispering; greatest; fond; ethereal; accepted; estranged; impassioned; tragic; redeeming; remorseful; starved; hesitating; loathsome; lowly; memorable; enthusiastic; forsaken; notable; subtle; clinging; faithful; monastic; unhappy; distracted; true; flaming-breasted; truant; sleepless; sempiternal; pattern; fearful; credulous; youthful.

Verbs for Lover
anger—; deceive—; exact from—; excite—; inflame—; renounce—; reward—; ridicule —; sting—; —beams; —blesses; —capers; —caresses; —desires; —devotes; —dotes upon; —dreams; —frets; —muses; —reflects upon; —repents; —reveres; — rift; — sacrifices; —sighs; —thirsts; —treasures; —woos; —yearns; —yields.

Thesaurus
Maecenas, abettor, acquaintance, addict, admirer, adorer, advocate, aficionado, alter ego, amorist, angel, apologist, aspirant, aspirer, babe, baby, baby-doll, backer, beau, beloved, best friend, bosom friend, boyfriend, brother, buff, buttercup, candidate, casual acquaintance, champion, cherub, chick, chickabiddy, close acquaintance, close friend, collector, confidant, confidante, coveter, darling, dear, deary, defender, dependence, desirer, devotee, doll, doxy, duck, duckling, encourager, endorser, exponent, familiar, fan, fancier, fancy man, favorer, fellow, fellow creature, fellowman, flame, follower, freak, friend, friend at court, girl friend, habitue, hankerer, hon, honey, honey bunch, honey child, hopeful, hound, inamorata, inamorato, infatuate, inseparable friend, intimate, lamb, lambkin, love, mainstay, maintainer, man, master, neighbor, other self, paramour, paranymph, partisan, patron, pet, petkins, pickup, precious, precious heart, promoter, protagonist, pursuer, reliance, repository, second, seconder, sectary, sider, snookums, solicitant, sponsor, stalwart, standby, steady, sugar, sugar daddy, suitor, support, supporter, sustainer, sweet, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetkins, sweets, sympathizer, truelove, upholder, votary, wanter, well-wisher, wisher, woman, wooer, yearner

Etymology
From lover:, lovyere:, derivative of loven:, lovien:, equivalent to.

Pronunciation




Translations

 * Arabic:, محب,  عشيق
 * Armenian: սիրահար
 * Cebuano: uyab
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 戀人,,  ,  ,
 * Crimean Tatar: sevgili (northern dialect süygili)
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:, amantino
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 애인 (愛人)
 * Novial: amante


 * Old Provençal:
 * Persian: عاشق,  (ma'shooq),   (janan),   (delbar),  (yar),  (negar),  (doostdar),  (khater-khah)
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , влюблённый,  влюблённая,  ,  возлюбленная
 * Scottish Gaelic: leannan, gràdh ,
 * Serbian: ljubavnik, ljubavnica , švaler , švalerka
 * Slovak: ,
 * Slovene: Ljubimec
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: älskare, älskarinna,  älskande
 * Telugu: ప్రియుడు (priyuDu) (male), ప్రియురాలు (pryuraalu) (female)
 * Vietnamese: người yêu (𠊛𢞅)


 * Arabic:, محب,  عشيق
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 情人
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: elsker, elskerinde
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:, ερωμένη,  ,  αγαπητικιά


 * Hebrew: love boy
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 애인 (愛人)
 * Persian: عاشق
 * Polish: kochanek, kochanka
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbian:
 * Swahili:
 * Vietnamese: người yêu (𠊛𢞅)


 * Armenian: սիրահար
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * German: Kenner
 * Greek:, θαυμαστής


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 愛好家
 * Polish: miłośnik, miłośniczka
 * Russian: любитель, любительница
 * Serbian:
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu: ప్రేమికుడు (praemikuDu) (male), ప్రేమికురాలు (praemikuraalu) (female)

Noun

 * 1) foliage

Synonyms

 * gebladerte

Anagrams

 * vloer

Verb

 * 1)  to coil up, wind up; to curl up

Etymology
Probably from lofen:, lufen:.

Anagrams

 * voler

Noun

 * 1) lover