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boyfriend

  • /ˈbɔɪˌfɹɛnd/ US
  • /ˈbɔɪfɹənd/ US

noun boyfriends · boy friend · boy-friend · boifriend

  1. A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship. I was playing the drums and my boyfriend was playing the electric guitar.
  2. A male friend.

    Similar: guyfriend, buddy, pal, mate, babber, billy, bredrin, bruv, bud, buddo, butty, chaver

  3. attributive, often A style of women's clothing that draws heavily from corresponding men's garments.

verb boyfriends · boyfriending · boyfriended · boy friend · boy-friend

  1. ambitransitive, informal, rare To be a boyfriend to (someone). 3- the cutie pie, shadiah , the turk beaut who impoverished actor @imad Hemdi (of ikhmeem, upper egypt) when married together, who cost fereed il etresh his voice, when boyfriending her, who now is miT TereHa=veiled ( thanks 2 sheikh she@rawi ) :
  2. ambitransitive, informal, rare To have (someone) as a boyfriend. Rina is out boyfriending, God help us. The last one she brought back was terrible.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: beau, fellow, swain, young man, girlfriend, man, ex-boyfriend, boy, bloke, lover, dude, sweetie, babe, fiancee, sweetheart, fiancée

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noun male partner in a romantic relationship

Españolnovio, pololo, enamorado, chongo, jevo, gebo
한국어남자친구 namjachin'gu, 남친 namchin, 보이프렌드 boipeurendeu, 애인 aein
日本語カレ kare, 彼 kare, 彼氏 kareshi, カレシ kareshi, ボーイフレンド bōifurendo
中文男朋友 nánpéngyou, 對象 /对象 duìxiàng
हिन्दीबॉयफ़्रेंड bŏyfreṇḍ, प्रेमी premī, साथी sāthī, प्रिय priya, पुरुष मित्र puruṣ mitra, मित्र mitra
Kiswahilimpenzi
Portuguêsnamorado
Françaismon/ton/son ami, petit ami, mon/ton/son copain, petit copain, chum, mec
Deutschmein/dein/ihr/sein Freund, Boyfriend, fester Freund
Italianoragazzo, fidanzato
Ελληνικάγκόμενος gkómenos, αγόρι agóri
Românăprieten, iubit, amant
Русскийкавале́р kavalér, друг drug, па́рень párenʹ, возлю́бленный vozljúblennyj, бойфре́нд bojfrɛ́nd, ухажёр uxažór
Tiếng Việtbạn trai, người yêu
العربيةخَلِيل ḵalīl, رَفِيق rafīq, حَبِيب ḥabīb
עבריתחבר \ חָבֵר khavér

noun male friend

Españolamigo
한국어남사친 namsachin
中文男的朋友 nán de péngyou
Portuguêsamigo
Françaisun ami, un copain
DeutschFreund
Italianoamico
Românăprieten, amic
Русскийдруг drug, прия́тель prijátelʹ, това́рищ továrišč
العربيةصَدِيق ṣadīq, رَفِيق rafīq, زَمِيل zamīl
עבריתחבר \ חָבֵר khavér

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@misc{boyfriend_2026,
  title = {boyfriend},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boyfriend},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}