boyfriend
boyfriend
Definition
☆ boy·friend (bo̵i′frend′)
noun
- a sweetheart, beau, or escort of a girl or woman
- a boy who is one's friend
boyfriend
Synonyms
boyfriend
n.
boyfriend
Usage Examples
Possessives
- mom: Think of problems with teachers or with your mom's new boyfriend.
- daughter: Just like your daughter's boyfriend... or Iris Finster?
- sister: I like to text my sisters, friends, boyfriend and my sister's boyfriend.
- mother: Once during a row, her mother's boyfriend hit her in front of her mother.
Converse of object
- wed: Sophie gets married - June 05 Pop diva Sophie Ellis-Bextor has secretly wed longtime boyfriend, guitarist Richard Jones.
- marry: Kate Bosworth has hinted she wants to marry boyfriend Orlando Bloom.
- want: Play now Golddigger OK, so you want a rich boyfriend?
- have: She had a Sikh boyfriend who she still wanted to see.
Adjective modifier
- ex: My ex boyfriend got married to someone else, the priest who married them, was Robbie Williams!
- longtime: Sophie gets married - June 05 Pop diva Sophie Ellis-Bextor has secretly wed longtime boyfriend, guitarist Richard Jones.
- long-time: The groom and groom As the Express says, the popstar will tie the knot with his long-time boyfriend on December 21.
- jealous: The crime was probably committed by a jealous boyfriend or a jealous husband.
- abusive: She steals from him for her abusive boyfriend; she talks of planning to kill him.
- former: Determined to discover the truth she seeks the help of her former boyfriend, the aviation officer Joseph ' Sky Captain ' Sullivan.
Modifies a noun
- trouble: But even the schools most popular girl is having boyfriend troubles.
Noun used with modifier
- on-off: Back at her flat, Anna's on-off boyfriend Quex has re-appeared.
- live-in: She has a live-in boyfriend, a plumber by the name of Richard Brierly.
- actor: Her family and French actor boyfriend Olivier Martinez were by her side.
- sister: He was called Simon, and this is the worst part, was my sisters boyfriend... .
- star: According to the Sunday Mirror, Charlotte Church has had a blazing row with her rugby star boyfriend Gavin Henson over his late-night partying.
boyfriend Quotes
The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired byan American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.
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