paramour

The word “paramour” has 3 syllables: par-a-mour

It's pronounced as /ˈpærəˌmʊr/


What is synonym and antonym for paramour?

In the thesaurus, “paramour” has 51 synonyms and 4 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for paramour along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for paramour

  • admirer
  • amour
  • beau
  • beloved
  • boy
  • boyfriend
  • bride
  • concubine
  • courter
  • courtesan
  • crush
  • darling
  • date
  • dear
  • doll
  • doxy
  • escort
  • fellow
  • flame
  • gal
  • gallant
  • girl
  • girlfriend
  • groom
  • heartthrob
  • hon
  • honey
  • husband
  • inamorata
  • inamorato
  • kept woman
  • ladylove
  • lass
  • love
  • lover
  • man
  • mistress
  • pet
  • significant other
  • squeeze
  • steady
  • suitor
  • swain
  • sweet
  • sweetheart
  • sweetie
  • sweetie pie
  • tootsie
  • truelove
  • wife
  • wooer

Antonyms for paramour

  • celibate
  • cuckold
  • enemy
  • virgin

Meanings of paramour

  • noun
    1. (somewhat obsolete) An illicit lover, either male or female.
    2. The Virgin Mary or Jesus Christ (when addressed by a person of the opposite sex).
  • adverb
    1. (of loving, etc.) Passionately, out of sexual desire.

Example Sentences

  • She discovered that her husband had been seeing a paramour for several months.
  • The novel's plot revolves around the secret meetings of a paramour and a nobleman.
  • In the film, the paramour plays a crucial role in the protagonist's journey of self-discovery.
  • Gossip about the politician's paramour spread quickly through the media.
  • Their affair was kept hidden for years, as neither wanted to be labeled a paramour.

On this page you'll find 55 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to paramour, such as: admirer, amour, beau, beloved, boy, boyfriend, bride.

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Related Words

dear

  • admirable
  • admired
  • admirer
  • adorable
  • adored
  • affable
  • agreeable
  • alluring
  • amour
  • an arm and a leg
  • appealing
  • appreciated
  • at a premium
  • attractive
  • beau
  • beautiful
  • beloved
  • big-ticket
  • boy
  • boyfriend
  • bride
  • captivating
  • charming
  • cheerful
  • cher
  • cherished
  • close
  • cordial
  • costly
  • crush
  • darling
  • date
  • delightful
  • deluxe
  • desirable
  • disarming
  • doll
  • doll face
  • embraceable
  • enchanting
  • endeared
  • endearing
  • engaging
  • entrancing
  • escort
  • esteemed
  • exorbitant
  • expensive
  • extravagant
  • fair-haired
  • familiar
  • fancy
  • fascinating
  • favored
  • favorite
  • fellow
  • fetching
  • flame
  • fond
  • friendly
  • gal
  • gallant
  • genial
  • girl
  • girlfriend
  • good-natured
  • good-tempered
  • gracious
  • groom
  • heartthrob
  • high
  • high-end
  • high-priced
  • high-ticket
  • hon
  • honey
  • husband
  • inamorata
  • inestimable
  • intended
  • intimate
  • invaluable
  • kind
  • kissable
  • ladylove
  • lass
  • likable
  • likeable
  • lovable
  • love
  • loveable
  • loved
  • loved one
  • lovely
  • lover
  • lovesome
  • luxurious
  • man
  • mistress
  • nice
  • out of sight
  • overpriced
  • paramour
  • pet
  • pleasant
  • pleasing
  • precious
  • preferred
  • premium
  • pretty penny
  • priceless
  • pricey
  • pricy
  • prized
  • prohibitive
  • relished
  • reputable
  • respectable
  • respected
  • revered
  • significant other
  • sky-high
  • special
  • spendy
  • squeeze
  • steady
  • steep
  • stiff
  • suitor
  • sumptuous
  • swain
  • sweet
  • sweetheart
  • sweetie
  • sweetie pie
  • tootsie
  • treasure
  • treasured
  • truelove
  • ultraexpensive
  • unaffordable
  • uneconomic
  • uneconomical
  • unreasonable
  • valuable
  • well-disposed
  • white-headed
  • wife
  • winning
  • winsome
  • wooer

satyrs

love

  • Juliet
  • Romeo
  • admire
  • admirer
  • adoration
  • adore
  • adulate
  • adulation
  • affair
  • affaire
  • affection
  • allegiance
  • amity
  • amorousness
  • amour
  • angel
  • appetite
  • appreciate
  • appreciation
  • apprize
  • ardency
  • ardor
  • attachment
  • baby
  • be attached to
  • be captivated by
  • be crazy about
  • be enamored of
  • be enchanted by
  • be fascinated with
  • be fond of
  • be in love with
  • be partial to
  • beau
  • beloved
  • bent
  • bias
  • bill
  • bounce
  • boy
  • boyfriend
  • bride
  • calf-love
  • canonize
  • canoodle
  • care for
  • caress
  • case
  • cherish
  • cherishing
  • choose
  • clasp
  • cling
  • coddle
  • cosset
  • court
  • courter
  • cradle
  • craving
  • crush
  • cuddle
  • dalliance
  • dandle
  • darling
  • date
  • dear
  • dear one
  • dearest
  • deification
  • deify
  • delight
  • delight in
  • desire
  • devotedness
  • devotion
  • devour
  • dig
  • doll
  • dote on
  • draw close
  • eagerness
  • embrace
  • emotion
  • enchantment
  • enfold
  • enjoy
  • enjoyment
  • enshrine
  • entanglement
  • enthusiasm
  • escort
  • esteem
  • estimation
  • exalt
  • faithfulness
  • fall for
  • fancy
  • favor
  • fealty
  • feel
  • feel up
  • fellow
  • fervor
  • fidelity
  • flame
  • fling
  • flirtation
  • fondle
  • fondness
  • friendship
  • gal
  • gallant
  • gentle
  • get a charge out of
  • get a kick out of
  • girl
  • girlfriend
  • glorify
  • go for
  • gone on
  • groom
  • gusto
  • hankering
  • hanky-panky
  • have a soft spot for
  • have affection for
  • have it bad
  • heartthrob
  • hold
  • hold dear
  • hold high
  • hon
  • honey
  • hug
  • husband
  • idealize
  • idolatry
  • idolization
  • idolize
  • idyl
  • idyll
  • inamorata
  • inamorato
  • inclination
  • indulge
  • infatuation
  • intended
  • interest
  • intrigue
  • involvement
  • kiss
  • knead
  • ladylove
  • lass
  • leaning
  • liaison
  • lick
  • like
  • liking
  • long for
  • longing
  • look tenderly
  • love affair
  • loved one
  • lover
  • loyalty
  • lust
  • mad for
  • make love
  • man
  • massage
  • memorialize
  • mistress
  • mollycoddle
  • neck
  • nestle
  • nose
  • nuzzle
  • palate
  • pamper
  • paramour
  • partiality
  • passion
  • pat
  • paw
  • pet
  • piety
  • prefer
  • preference
  • prejudice
  • press
  • prize
  • propensity
  • puppy love
  • put on pedestal
  • rapture
  • regard
  • relish
  • respect
  • revere
  • reverence
  • romance
  • savor
  • savour
  • sentiment
  • set store by
  • set store on
  • shine
  • significant other
  • snuggle
  • soft spot
  • soothe
  • spark
  • spoil
  • spoon
  • squeeze
  • steadfastness
  • steady
  • stroke
  • suitor
  • swain
  • sweet
  • sweetheart
  • sweetie
  • sweetie pie
  • take to
  • taste
  • tendency
  • tenderness
  • think the world of
  • thirst
  • thrive with
  • tooth
  • tootsie
  • treasure
  • truelove
  • tryst
  • use
  • valentine
  • value
  • venerate
  • weakness
  • wife
  • wild for
  • woo
  • wooer
  • worship
  • yearning
  • yen
  • zeal

valentine

  • Casanova
  • Don Juan
  • Juliet
  • Lothario
  • Romeo
  • accolade
  • admirer
  • angel
  • beau
  • beloved
  • betrothed
  • bouquet
  • boyfriend
  • bride
  • citation
  • commendation
  • companion
  • compliment
  • courter
  • darling
  • dear
  • dear one
  • dearest
  • encomium
  • escort
  • eulogy
  • favorite
  • fellow
  • flame
  • girlfriend
  • groom
  • heartthrob
  • homage
  • honey
  • idolizer
  • inamorata
  • inamorato
  • infatuate
  • intended
  • kudo
  • love
  • lovebird
  • loved one
  • lover
  • one and only
  • paean
  • panegyric
  • paramour
  • passion
  • pet
  • petitioner
  • salutation
  • sancho
  • significant other
  • spark
  • steady
  • suitor
  • suppliant
  • swain
  • sweet
  • sweetheart
  • sweetie
  • sweetie pie
  • treasure
  • tribute
  • truelove
  • wooer

odalisques

  • attendants
  • bond servants
  • bondmen
  • bondsmen
  • bondswomen
  • bondwomen
  • chattels
  • concubines
  • courtesans
  • demimondaines
  • demireps
  • domestics
  • doxies
  • drudges
  • girlfriends
  • handmaidens
  • handmaids
  • helots
  • indentured servants
  • lackeys
  • lovers
  • menials
  • mistresses
  • other women
  • paramours
  • prostitutes
  • serfs
  • servants
  • slaves
  • thralls
  • whores

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