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".

ChatGPT

  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. Erin Wilson:

    I am so proud of seeing him strive to make progress despite the pain he is facing, at the same time, it is really difficult watching my 19-year-old boyfriend have to work on using his legs again and recovering after such a life-changing injury.

  2. Mark Naison:

    It's not just that guy over there, you could be beating my cousin or my boyfriend.

  3. Xochil Toledo:

    He was the one who saved all of our lives. It would have gone to me, my boyfriend or my cousins, we were crying. We couldn’t believe all that had happened. We couldn’t breathe.

  4. Chelsie Cline:

    I was told my husband was cheating on me with [ one of the victims ], and that William Porterfield had broken up with William Porterfield previous boyfriend two days ago, and he went crazy and shot them all.

  5. Claudia Mobley:

    We didn’t do anything, because a year ago, July 4, was when she had … when her boyfriend or ex-boyfriend walked out and took the baby, so, it was kind of a bad anniversary.

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