as in lover
literary
a person with whom someone is having a romantic or sexual relationship and especially a secret or improper relationship
Her husband found a love letter from her paramour.
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Recent Examples of paramour
Each Reacher season has given our abnormally large vigilante hobo an statistically ordinary, human-size paramour.
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Chris Klimek, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
Elliot and Kat went through a lot of ups and downs in Season 3, with his ex-wife Emma and her 1800s paramour Thomas coming back into the picture.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 17 Mar. 2025
Like an evasive paramour, the Louvre may not always seem to be interested in a relationship.
—Elaine Sciolino, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2025
The entrances were often tucked into alleyways, and exits were reached through tunnels, allowing paramours to avoid detection.
—airmail.news, 15 Feb. 2025
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Chris Klimek, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
Elliot and Kat went through a lot of ups and downs in Season 3, with his ex-wife Emma and her 1800s paramour Thomas coming back into the picture.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 17 Mar. 2025
Like an evasive paramour, the Louvre may not always seem to be interested in a relationship.
—Elaine Sciolino, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2025
The entrances were often tucked into alleyways, and exits were reached through tunnels, allowing paramours to avoid detection.
—airmail.news, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paramour
Noun
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Cabot Creamery butter lovers may want to check their fridges following a recent recall.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Below shop our top Easter gifts for kids and every person in your life, including the foodie, self-care lover, and homebody.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Chelsea, of course, met a sad fate along with her much-older boyfriend, Rick (Walton Goggins) in The White Lotus Season 3 finale a week ago.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Her niece’s boyfriend, twenty-two-year-old Jacob Miranda, had also died there, of a fentanyl overdose.—
Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But who is Bella Ramsey’s girlfriend, Maisy Stella?—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
13 Apr. 2025
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It’s been a difficult season for Carver, who came back from visiting family in Texas with a former girlfriend.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The family of a woman who was strangled to death last year during a conjugal visit with her husband at a Northern California prison has called for reforms after a second woman was killed in a similar manner.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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Viola Davis and husband Julius Tennon are always on the same page.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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On his way to take the call, which was from his wife who was phoning after hearing from the babysitter, he was stopped by Zevi Kitay, the 19-year-old son of the babysitter, who had come looking for Moshe Ehrlich at the school.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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Leslie’s wife, also a witness, reported that one of the sailors’ arms came off in the process.—
Greg Daugherty,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Paramour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paramour. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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