What are some opposite words for lover?

Antonyms for lover
ˈlʌv ərlover

This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term lover.

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  1. lovernoun

    A person who loves another person, a sweetheart.

    Synonyms:
    connoisseur

  2. lovernoun

    A sexual partner.

    Synonyms:
    connoisseur

  3. lovernoun

    A person who loves something; connoisseur.

    Synonyms:
    connoisseur

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. lover

    Antonyms:
    husband, wife, mate

    Synonyms:
    suitor, wooer, sweetheart, swain, beau

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  1. lovernoun

    a person who loves someone or is loved by someone

    Synonyms:
    buff, fan, devotee

  2. fan, buff, devotee, lovernoun

    an ardent follower and admirer

    Synonyms:
    sports fan, buffer, rooter, devotee, caramel brown, raw sienna, fan, yellowish brown, buff, caramel

  3. lovernoun

    a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage

    Synonyms:
    buff, fan, devotee

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. lovernoun

    Synonyms:
    amoroso, inamorato, swain, suitor, admirer, philander, gallant, beau, cicisbeo, paramour, leman

How to use lover in a sentence?

  1. Woody Allen, Without Feathers:

    Is it better to be the lover or the loved one? Neither, if your cholesterol is over six hundred. By love, of course, I refer to romantic love -- the love between man and woman, rather than between mother and child, or a boy and his dog, or two headwaiters.

  2. Plato:

    The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him lies, desire all truth. . .He whose desires are drawn toward knowledge in every form will be absorbed in the pleasures of the soul, and will hardly feel bodily pleasures- -I mean, if he be a true philosopher and not a sham one. . .Then how can he who has the magnificence of mind and is the spectator of all times and all existence, think much of human life He cannot. Or can such a one account death fearful No indeed.

  3. Dean Obeidallah:

    } Donald Trump lashed out at Elon Musk like a scorned lover, complaining to the crowd late Saturday.

  4. Joyce Bulifant:

    Oh my goodness, Joyce Bulifant was such a great animal lover, joyce Bulifant contributed to so many causes for both little creatures and big creatures. Joyce Bulifant felt they always needed to be taken care of. Joyce Bulifant did a wonderful, wonderful job with that. And Joyce Bulifant treated human beings the same way.

  5. Edward Gibbon:

    I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son.

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