Boyfriend
noun
A male who someone is having a romantic or sexual relationship with.
My boyfriend and I are going to the movies tonight.
Often appears as...
- my boyfriend
- her boyfriend
noun
A male friend, without romantic involvement.
He's not my boyfriend, we're just good friends.
Often appears as...
- just a boyfriend
- male boyfriend
Usage tips
Informal
noun
A woman's casual male companion.
She brought her boyfriend along to the party.
Often appears as...
- casual boyfriend
- party boyfriend
Usage tips
Informal
noun
A term to refer to the favorite most-used tool or appliance that a woman owns.
This blender is my new boyfriend, I use it every day.
Often appears as...
- new boyfriend
- blender boyfriend
Usage tips
Informal, Humorous
Colloquial
noun
A male who someone is having a romantic or sexual relationship with.
My boyfriend and I are going to the movies tonight.
Often appears as...
- my boyfriend
- her boyfriend
noun
A male friend, without romantic involvement.
He's not my boyfriend, we're just good friends.
Often appears as...
- just a boyfriend
- male boyfriend
Usage tips
Informal
noun
A woman's casual male companion.
She brought her boyfriend along to the party.
Often appears as...
- casual boyfriend
- party boyfriend
Usage tips
Informal
noun
A term to refer to the favorite most-used tool or appliance that a woman owns.
This blender is my new boyfriend, I use it every day.
Often appears as...
- new boyfriend
- blender boyfriend
Usage tips
Informal, Humorous
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Romantic Relationship
Use 'boyfriend' to specify a loving and committed relationship with a male partner.
She introduced Tom as her boyfriend at the dinner party.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Dating
'Boyfriend' suggests a stable relationship, not a male you're casually dating.
Emma's boyfriend is coming over for a family dinner tonight.
Pro Tip 3/3Exclusive Term
Use 'boyfriend' to indicate exclusivity, meaning not seeing anyone else romantically.
I can't go on a date with you; I have a boyfriend.
Pro Tip 1/3Romantic Relationship
Use 'boyfriend' to specify a loving and committed relationship with a male partner.
She introduced Tom as her boyfriend at the dinner party.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Dating
'Boyfriend' suggests a stable relationship, not a male you're casually dating.
Emma's boyfriend is coming over for a family dinner tonight.
Pro Tip 3/3Exclusive Term
Use 'boyfriend' to indicate exclusivity, meaning not seeing anyone else romantically.
I can't go on a date with you; I have a boyfriend.
Pro Tip 1/3Romantic Relationship
Use 'boyfriend' to specify a loving and committed relationship with a male partner.
She introduced Tom as her boyfriend at the dinner party.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Dating
'Boyfriend' suggests a stable relationship, not a male you're casually dating.
Emma's boyfriend is coming over for a family dinner tonight.
Pro Tip 3/3Exclusive Term
Use 'boyfriend' to indicate exclusivity, meaning not seeing anyone else romantically.
I can't go on a date with you; I have a boyfriend.
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The difference between...
Why? Because every new relationship starts out with this intense desire to spend time together, it's easy to miss when something shifts. Isolation creeps in when your new boyfriend or girlfriend starts pulling you away from your friends and family, your support system, and tethering you more tightly to them.
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Science can answer moral...
found a boyfriend I chopped his head off and that was the most compassionate thing I can do if you get all those parts aligned yes I think you could probably be feeling the emotion of love but again then we have to talk about well-being in a larger context you know it's all of us in this together it's not
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Three ideas. Three...
and about six months before she died, out of nowhere, she asked me if I had a boyfriend. Now, I remember making a conscious decision in that moment not to come out to my grandmother. And I did that because I knew her life was drawing to an end, and my time with her was finite,
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Why we have too few...
She didn't even have a boyfriend. I said, "You're thinking about this just way too early." But the point is that what happens once you start kind of quietly leaning back? Everyone who's been through this -- and I'm here to tell you, once you have a child at home,
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Why 30 is not the new 20...
She said she thought she might like to work in art or entertainment, but she hadn't decided yet, so she'd spent the last few years waiting tables instead. Because it was cheaper, she lived with a boyfriend who displayed his temper more than his ambition.
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Emily Ainsworth: Inside...
friend's boyfriend as I said people dice with death in their social life and it seemed rare for a week to go by without a colossal scandal that would shake the world of the circus and I had to find myself a boyfriend because otherwise the girls were
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Film Star Animals PIPE Vets...
boyfriend about that even though these trained animals appear tame for me to work on them as an unknown face would be unwise they still have wild tendencies they're not tame or domesticated they're only trained yeah and so you you just
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Time Debt PIPE Linda...
so think about making time your new boyfriend or partner best buddy or favorite client the joy you want to log how you spend your time can feel like the longest most miserable relationship of your life or the best love affair
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Looks aren't everything....
Image is powerful, but also, image is superficial. I just totally transformed what you thought of me, in six seconds. And in this picture, I had actually never had a boyfriend in real life. I was totally uncomfortable,
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There's more to life...
Everyone said the path to happiness was success, so I searched for that ideal job, that perfect boyfriend, that beautiful apartment. But instead of ever feeling fulfilled, I felt anxious and adrift.
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The difference between...
Why? Because every new relationship starts out with this intense desire to spend time together, it's easy to miss when something shifts. Isolation creeps in when your new boyfriend or girlfriend starts pulling you away from your friends and family, your support system, and tethering you more tightly to them.
Video examples
Science can answer moral...
found a boyfriend I chopped his head off and that was the most compassionate thing I can do if you get all those parts aligned yes I think you could probably be feeling the emotion of love but again then we have to talk about well-being in a larger context you know it's all of us in this together it's not
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Three ideas. Three...
and about six months before she died, out of nowhere, she asked me if I had a boyfriend. Now, I remember making a conscious decision in that moment not to come out to my grandmother. And I did that because I knew her life was drawing to an end, and my time with her was finite,
Video examples
Why we have too few...
She didn't even have a boyfriend. I said, "You're thinking about this just way too early." But the point is that what happens once you start kind of quietly leaning back? Everyone who's been through this -- and I'm here to tell you, once you have a child at home,
Video examples
Why 30 is not the new 20...
She said she thought she might like to work in art or entertainment, but she hadn't decided yet, so she'd spent the last few years waiting tables instead. Because it was cheaper, she lived with a boyfriend who displayed his temper more than his ambition.
Video examples
Emily Ainsworth: Inside...
friend's boyfriend as I said people dice with death in their social life and it seemed rare for a week to go by without a colossal scandal that would shake the world of the circus and I had to find myself a boyfriend because otherwise the girls were
Video examples
Film Star Animals PIPE Vets...
boyfriend about that even though these trained animals appear tame for me to work on them as an unknown face would be unwise they still have wild tendencies they're not tame or domesticated they're only trained yeah and so you you just
Video examples
Time Debt PIPE Linda...
so think about making time your new boyfriend or partner best buddy or favorite client the joy you want to log how you spend your time can feel like the longest most miserable relationship of your life or the best love affair
Video examples
Looks aren't everything....
Image is powerful, but also, image is superficial. I just totally transformed what you thought of me, in six seconds. And in this picture, I had actually never had a boyfriend in real life. I was totally uncomfortable,
Video examples
There's more to life...
Everyone said the path to happiness was success, so I searched for that ideal job, that perfect boyfriend, that beautiful apartment. But instead of ever feeling fulfilled, I felt anxious and adrift.
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Quote examples
Katrina Kaif
British Actress
All my life, I have judged my worth by how much I have been loved by a man. It's so with a lot of women, that their self-esteem is measured by how much they are loved by a man, their partner, their boyfriend or maybe their husband. In my case, it may be because I grew up without my father.
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Josephine de La Baume
French Actress
Remember that when you're young and your career feels like the most important thing, the most important thing is love and the relationships you have with people - boyfriend, friends and family. It's good to remember that.
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Kartik Aaryan
Indian Actor
In both the 'Punchnama' movies, the characters and their relationships were only about boyfriends and girlfriends. But in 'SKTKS,' we had so much more to talk about.
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Olivia Munn
American Actress
I just broke up with my boyfriend, so I'm officially single. But one thing I find unbelievably annoying is all these guys in my life who want to save me.
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Kim Wilde
English Musician
Sex does not exist for me at all. I haven't had a boyfriend for a long time. There were only three or four in my life up until now anyway.
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Kashmira Shah
Indian Actress
Krushna is my boyfriend but my life doesn't begin and end with him and neither does his professional career begin and end with me.
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Kim Kardashian
American Celebrity
Even the people I surround myself with... are wiser, a little bit older than me, where before, all my boyfriends were younger.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
I'm not the girl who always has a boyfriend. I'm the girl who rarely has a boyfriend.
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Emma Forrest
British Journalist
The truth is I have had, for whatever reason, several movie-star boyfriends.
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Nadya Suleman
American Celebrity
I only had one boyfriend my whole life, and I never loved him.
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Katrina Kaif
British Actress
All my life, I have judged my worth by how much I have been loved by a man. It's so with a lot of women, that their self-esteem is measured by how much they are loved by a man, their partner, their boyfriend or maybe their husband. In my case, it may be because I grew up without my father.
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Josephine de La Baume
French Actress
Remember that when you're young and your career feels like the most important thing, the most important thing is love and the relationships you have with people - boyfriend, friends and family. It's good to remember that.
Quote examples
Kartik Aaryan
Indian Actor
In both the 'Punchnama' movies, the characters and their relationships were only about boyfriends and girlfriends. But in 'SKTKS,' we had so much more to talk about.
Quote examples
Olivia Munn
American Actress
I just broke up with my boyfriend, so I'm officially single. But one thing I find unbelievably annoying is all these guys in my life who want to save me.
Quote examples
Kim Wilde
English Musician
Sex does not exist for me at all. I haven't had a boyfriend for a long time. There were only three or four in my life up until now anyway.
Quote examples
Kashmira Shah
Indian Actress
Krushna is my boyfriend but my life doesn't begin and end with him and neither does his professional career begin and end with me.
Quote examples
Kim Kardashian
American Celebrity
Even the people I surround myself with... are wiser, a little bit older than me, where before, all my boyfriends were younger.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
I'm not the girl who always has a boyfriend. I'm the girl who rarely has a boyfriend.
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Emma Forrest
British Journalist
The truth is I have had, for whatever reason, several movie-star boyfriends.
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Nadya Suleman
American Celebrity
I only had one boyfriend my whole life, and I never loved him.
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