Synonyms for boyfriend
ˈbɔɪˌfrɛndboyfriend

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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"

   Synonyms:
   bloke, dude, feller, confrere, lad, fop, swell, young buck, beau, mate, blighter, familiar, young man, gent, colleague, swain, sheik, cuss, chap, fashion plate, gallant, clotheshorse, comrade, fellow, associate, buster, companion, dandy, fella

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1. List of paraphrases for "boyfriend":

   friend, fiancé, buddy, boyfriends, pal, jules, chum, pally, dude, guy, fella, lover, man, mate, ex-boyfriend, bridegroom

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How to use boyfriend in a sentence?

1. Jane Anderson:

   Now when a woman comes with a black eye, and her occupation is listed as a dancer, we don't just assume that the guy who did this is her boyfriend.

2. Amy Sherman-Palladino:

   Every character that was under 18 on TV at the time was like ‘f--k it’ [and having sex], we were trying to play the truth of who she was, I didn’t want her to get drunk at a party and be like ‘woo, what happened!’ We got to a point where the studio and network were like ‘she’s gotta have sex, is she a nun?’ … I wanted it to be Dean and I wanted it to be at a time when they weren’t together. He was that great first boyfriend that you struggle with that as your life goes on, and you’re like, ‘the first one was so nice… maybe I shouldn’t have left that guy.’ That was a big thing only because people were like ‘what’s with her not sleeping with boys?'.

3. 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.

4. Dave Navarro:

   She wanted to go a different way, and her then-ex-boyfriend murdered her and my aunt.

5. Jamie Lynn:

   I just want my life back, all I want is to own my money and for my boyfriend to be able to drive me in his car. I want to sue my family.