Definitions for boyfriend
ˈbɔɪˌfrɛndboyfriend

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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(5.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. boyfriendnoun

   A male partner in a romantic relationship.

2. boyfriendnoun

   A male friend.

Freebase(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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

How to pronounce boyfriend?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say boyfriend in sign language?

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. Clifford Villanueva Villalon:

   Once in your life you had a girlfriend (or a boyfriend)... and the person never knew it.

2. Martha Ordonez:

   Femicide doesn't just happen from one day to the next. There's a history of threats, of psychological and physical abuse that gets worse, which often starts from the first boyfriend a girl has.

3. Anuj Somany:

   Women are so jealous of one another that if one gets a boyfriend or seems happy with her husband,then everyone in her circle becomes curious to know about him and even many often try to woo him only.

4. Joan Baez:

   During the 'ballad' years for me, the politics was latent; I was just falling in love with the ballads and my boyfriend. And there was the beauty of the songs.

5. One Rodeo resident:

   ALASKA WOMAN GETS 60 YEARS FOR SETTING COUCH ABLAZE WITH BOYFRIEND ON IT Contra Costa Fire Department spokesman Steve Hill said the tanks held varying amounts of ethanol. One tank alone contained around 167,000 gallons of the flammable substance. Approximately 200 firefighters were battling the blazes using foam on the flames and water to cool adjacent tanks to prevent them from catching fire. Officials closed Interstate 80, one of the busiest in the Bay Area at the peak of rush hour, causing major traffic jams.The California Highway Patrol said the closure was expected to last at least until midnight. CALIFORNIA LYFT DRIVER IS PULLED OVER SO POLICE CAN ARREST HER PASSENGER One Rodeo resident, One Rodeo resident, told The Associated Press he was sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic trying to get home to his teenage son. His son had called him to say he heard a loud explosion. It literally rocked the house and then soon after, he heard what sounded like a jet plane.

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