BOYFRIEND


Meaning of BOYFRIEND in English

boy ‧ friend S3 /ˈbɔɪfrend/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

a man that you are having a romantic relationship with ⇨ girlfriend

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THESAURUS

▪ boyfriend a boy or man that you have a romantic relationship with, especially for a fairly long time:

Josh was my first boyfriend.

▪ partner the person you are married to, or the person you are living with and having a sexual relationship with:

Sweden allows gay partners to receive many of the same benefits that married couples get.

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Partners are also welcome.

▪ fiancé the man whom a woman is going to marry:

Her fiancé was killed in the war.

▪ lover someone who you have a sexual relationship with, without being married to them:

A few nights later, they became lovers.

▪ ex informal a woman’s former husband or boyfriend:

Her ex has caused a lot of trouble for her.

▪ old flame informal someone who was your boyfriend in the past:

In a box in the closet, I found love letters from one of her old flames.

▪ man informal a woman’s husband or boyfriend:

She’ll always stand by her man.

▪ sweetheart old-fashioned the person that you love:

They were childhood sweethearts.

▪ beau old-fashioned a woman’s boyfriend or lover - a very old-fashioned use:

Does she have a beau?

▪ toy boy informal humorous a young man who is having a sexual relationship with an older woman:

A woman with a toy boy gets a lot more disapproving looks than a man with a younger woman.

▪ sugar daddy informal an older man who gives a younger woman presents and money in return for their company and often for sex:

I can imagine her cashing checks from some mysterious sugar daddy.

▪ be going out with somebody if you are going out with a boy or man, you have him as your boyfriend:

She’s been going out with Jack for a couple of months.

⇨ ↑ girlfriend

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.