noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ ardent , good , great , passionate
▪ jilted , rejected ( esp. BrE ), spurned
▪
She was shot by her jilted ~.
▪ jealous
▪ doomed , star-crossed
▪ former , one-time
▪ lost
▪ long-time
▪
He got married to his long-time ~.
▪ potential , would-be
▪ live-in
▪ secret
▪ married
▪ gay , homosexual , lesbian
▪ female , male
▪ teenage , young
▪ toy-boy ( BrE , informal )
▪ wealthy ( esp. BrE )
VERB + LOVER
▪ be , become
▪
They became ~s when they worked in the same office.
▪ find , have , take
▪
It was common for women to take ~s.
▪ marry
▪ leave
▪ kill , murder