VocabauraVOCABAURA

lover

noun

Simple meaning

Someone who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way.

Pronunciation

Say it like this:

luhver

Say the bold part a little louder.

US device voice
IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈlʌvɚ

This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.

IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.

Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.

  2. A person who loves someone or is loved by someone

  3. A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.

Used this way, lover is a reasonably familiar word with a clearly warm, approving pull. It turns up most in relationships contexts.

Emotional tone
Positive
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Moderate
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Affectionate
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Where it naturally appears

  • Relationships

Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.

Share your sentence

Write your own example sentence using “lover”. We review each one before it appears.

Common Patterns and Combinations

How this word naturally appears with others.

music lovergreat lovertrue loverformer loveryoung lovernew loverfirst lover

Tap the highlighted word to open its own entry.

Word Family

Related forms, grouped by how they connect.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • music lovernounCompound term

    Someone who attends concerts.

Ask Vocabaura

Understand the word your way.

What Does It Mean Here?

Words can change meaning depending on context.

Use it yourself

Knowing “lover” starts when you use it. Pick a next step, all free.

Know the meaning? Practice using it in a real situation, free, no credits.

Dictionary data from Wiktionary via the Free Dictionary API. Simple meanings, combinations and word intelligence are built from verified reference data, no AI is used to load this page.