People and roles

Synonyms for boyfriend

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsPeople and roles

a man who is the lover of a man or woman

If I'd known he was her boyfriend, I wouldn't have asked.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

fellow

Same sentence, swapped: If I'd known he was her fellow, I wouldn't have asked.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for boyfriend as it is used in the sentence above.

girlfriend
hero
favorite

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