What does boyfriend mean?

Definitions for boyfriend
ˈbɔɪˌfrɛndboyfriend

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word boyfriend.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. boyfriend, fellow, beau, swain, young mannoun

    a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman

    "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked"

Wiktionary

  1. boyfriendnoun

    A male partner in a romantic relationship.

  2. boyfriendnoun

    A male friend.

Wikipedia

  1. Boyfriend

    A boyfriend is a male friend or acquaintance, often specifying a regular male companion with whom a person is romantically or sexually involved.A boyfriend can also be called an admirer, beau, suitor and sweetheart. The analogous female term is "girlfriend".

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  1. Boyfriend

    A boyfriend is a male partner in a romantic or sexual relationship, typically with a level of emotional attachment and commitment, though the intensity and duration can vary. The term "boyfriend" is often used to describe a person's chosen partner when they are in a dating or exclusive relationship.

Wikidata

  1. Boyfriend

    A boyfriend is a regular male companion in a romantic and/or sexual relationship. This is normally not in long-term committed relationships, where other titles are more commonly used. A boyfriend can also be called an admirer, beau, fiancé, suitor and soul mate. A boyfriend is sometimes taken to check for compatibility in a relationship.

British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'boyfriend' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4405

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'boyfriend' in Nouns Frequency: #2535

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of boyfriend in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of boyfriend in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of boyfriend in a Sentence

  1. Raul Mass:

    I think he didn’t know she had a boyfriend.

  2. John Green:

    But I lacked the courage and she had a boyfriend and I was gawky and she was gorgeous and I was hopelessly boring and she was endlessly fascinating so I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was a drizzle and she was a hurricane.

  3. Thitirat Keowa-ram:

    My boyfriend agreed under the condition that I bring it to work.

  4. Tommy Potter:

    We found Carrie’s body on a Monday afternoon, so we know on Friday evening before Carrie was killed, she was in a pretty violent, domestic argument with her boyfriend. She actually was the primary aggressor. She and her boyfriend had an on-again, off-again relationship. The night before, we know Carrie stayed at a local hotel, which is not far from her residence. She was seen there… She went to a local 7-Eleven. She withdrew money out of the ATM... And then after the withdrawal of that money, that’s when it just seems that Carrie disappeared.

  5. Katrina Goss:

    They were supposedly boyfriend and girlfriend; I don't know what that means at his age.

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