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

lady-killer

  • Casanova
  • Don Juan
  • Romeo
  • adulterer
  • amorist
  • chaser
  • cruiser
  • dallier
  • debaucher
  • flirt
  • gallant
  • lecher
  • lothario
  • lounge lizard
  • lover
  • man on the make
  • masher
  • operator
  • paramour
  • philanderer
  • romancer
  • satyr
  • seducer
  • skirt chaser
  • swinger
  • whoremaster
  • whoremonger
  • wolf
  • womanizer

ladylove

  • bedmate
  • beloved
  • best girl
  • chatelaine
  • courtesan
  • darling
  • dear
  • dream girl
  • favorite
  • flame
  • gal
  • gill
  • girl
  • girlfriend
  • honey
  • inamorata
  • lady
  • love
  • lover
  • main squeeze
  • mistress
  • moll
  • old lady
  • other woman
  • paramour
  • roommate
  • significant other
  • sugar
  • sweet
  • sweetheart
  • sweetie
  • valentine
  • woman

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

darling

  • admirable
  • admired
  • admirer
  • adorable
  • adored
  • affable
  • agreeable
  • alluring
  • amiable
  • amour
  • amusing
  • angel
  • appealing
  • appreciated
  • attractive
  • baby
  • beau
  • beautiful
  • beloved
  • blessed
  • blest
  • blissful
  • boy
  • boyfriend
  • bride
  • calming
  • captivating
  • charming
  • cheerful
  • cheery
  • cherished
  • comfortable
  • comforting
  • congenial
  • cordial
  • crush
  • cup of tea
  • date
  • dear
  • dear one
  • dearest
  • dearie
  • delectable
  • delicious
  • delightful
  • delightsome
  • desirable
  • disarming
  • diverting
  • doll
  • dreamy
  • dulcet
  • ecstatic
  • elating
  • embraceable
  • enchanting
  • endearing
  • engaging
  • enjoyable
  • entertaining
  • entrancing
  • enviable
  • escort
  • esteemed
  • euphoric
  • exhilarating
  • fair-haired
  • fair-haired boy
  • fascinating
  • fave
  • favored
  • favorite
  • felicific
  • felicitous
  • fellow
  • fetching
  • flame
  • fond
  • friend
  • friendly
  • gal
  • gallant
  • genial
  • girl
  • girlfriend
  • glad
  • good
  • good-natured
  • good-tempered
  • goodly
  • gracious
  • grateful
  • gratifying
  • groom
  • happy
  • heartthrob
  • heavenly
  • hon
  • honey
  • honeybunch
  • hospitable
  • husband
  • inamorata
  • intended
  • intoxicating
  • inviting
  • jewel
  • jolly
  • joyous
  • kind
  • kindly
  • kissable
  • ladylove
  • lass
  • light of my life
  • likable
  • likeable
  • lovable
  • love
  • loveable
  • loved
  • lovely
  • lover
  • lovesome
  • luscious
  • man
  • minion
  • mistress
  • nice
  • nirvanic
  • one and only
  • palatable
  • paramour
  • personable
  • pet
  • pleasant
  • pleasing
  • pleasurable
  • precious
  • preference
  • preferred
  • pretty
  • prize
  • prized
  • rapturous
  • recreative
  • relishable
  • relished
  • reputable
  • respectable
  • revered
  • satisfying
  • savory
  • savoury
  • significant other
  • soothing
  • special
  • speed
  • squeeze
  • steady
  • sugar
  • suitor
  • swain
  • sweet
  • sweetheart
  • sweetie
  • sweetie pie
  • tasty
  • tempting
  • tootsie
  • treasure
  • treasured
  • truelove
  • welcome
  • well-disposed
  • white-headed
  • wife
  • winning
  • winsome
  • wooer

idolizer

  • Casanova
  • Don Juan
  • Juliet
  • Lothario
  • Romeo
  • activist
  • addict
  • admirer
  • advocate
  • afficionado
  • aficionado
  • apostle
  • backer
  • beau
  • beloved
  • booster
  • boyfriend
  • buff
  • bug
  • champion
  • companion
  • courter
  • crusader
  • cultist
  • darling
  • dear
  • dearest
  • devotee
  • disciple
  • dreamer
  • enthusiast
  • escort
  • evangelist
  • faddist
  • fan
  • fanatic
  • fancier
  • fiend
  • flame
  • follower
  • fool
  • freak
  • girlfriend
  • habitue
  • hanger-on
  • head
  • hound
  • idealist
  • idealogue
  • ideologue
  • inamorata
  • inamorato
  • infatuate
  • junkie
  • junky
  • lover
  • maniac
  • maven
  • mavin
  • militant
  • nut
  • paramour
  • partisan
  • partizan
  • patron
  • petitioner
  • promoter
  • red hot
  • rooter
  • sancho
  • stalwart
  • steady
  • sucker
  • suitor
  • suppliant
  • supporter
  • swain
  • sweetheart
  • true believer
  • truelove
  • valentine
  • visionary
  • votary
  • well-wisher
  • wooer
  • zealot

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