She spent the weekend with her paramour.
Source: tatoeba (10663055)
Paramour
//ˈpæɹ.əˌmʊɚ//
Synonyms for "paramour" (62 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (31)
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4 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesderived
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
82 translations across 30 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- dashnor noun (illicit lover)
- dashnore noun (illicit lover)
Arabic
4 entries- خَلِيل noun (illicit lover)
- خَلِيلَة noun (illicit lover)
- عَشِيق noun (illicit lover)
- عَشِيقَة noun (illicit lover)
Armenian
3 entries- սիրած noun (illicit lover)
- սիրեկան noun (illicit lover)
- սիրուհի noun (illicit lover)
Belarusian
4 entries- каха́нак noun (illicit lover)
- каха́нка noun (illicit lover)
- палюбо́ўнік noun (illicit lover)
- палюбо́ўніца noun (illicit lover)
Bulgarian
3 entries- извънбра́чен любо́вник noun (illicit lover)
- любо́вник noun (illicit lover)
- любо́вница noun (illicit lover)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 姘頭 /姘头 noun (illicit lover)
- 姦夫 /奸夫 noun (illicit lover)
- 姦婦 /奸妇 noun (illicit lover)
- 情婦 /情妇 noun (illicit lover)
Czech
2 entries- milenec noun (illicit lover)
- milenka noun (illicit lover)
Finnish
2 entries- rakastaja noun (illicit lover)
- rakastajatar noun (illicit lover)
French
3 entries- amant noun (illicit lover)
- amante noun (illicit lover)
- maîtresse noun (illicit lover)
German
4 entries- Buhle noun (illicit lover)
- Geliebte noun (illicit lover)
- Geliebter noun (illicit lover)
- Liebhaber noun (illicit lover)
Greek
3 entries- εραστής noun (illicit lover)
- ερωμένη noun (illicit lover)
- ερωμένος noun (illicit lover)
Hebrew
1 entries- מְאַהֵב noun (illicit lover)
Italian
2 entries- amante noun (illicit lover)
- madama noun (illicit lover)
Japanese
3 entries- 情婦 noun (illicit lover)
- 愛人 noun (illicit lover)
- 男妾 noun (illicit lover)
Korean
4 entries- 남첩 noun (illicit lover)
- 애인 noun (illicit lover)
- 정부 noun (illicit lover)
- 정부 noun (illicit lover)
Macedonian
3 entries- шва́лерка noun (illicit lover)
- љубо́вник noun (illicit lover)
- љубо́вница noun (illicit lover)
Middle English
1 entries- paramour noun (illicit lover)
Nogai
1 entries- суьеркер noun (illicit lover)
Occitan
1 entries- amant noun (illicit lover)
Persian
1 entries- فاسق noun (illicit lover)
Polish
2 entries- kochanek noun (illicit lover)
- kochanka noun (illicit lover)
Portuguese
1 entries- amante noun (illicit lover)
Romanian
2 entries- amant noun (illicit lover)
- amantă noun (illicit lover)
Russian
2 entries- любо́вник noun (illicit lover)
- любо́вница noun (illicit lover)
Sanskrit
1 entries- कामुक noun (illicit lover)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ljúbāvnica noun (illicit lover)
- ljúbāvnīk noun (illicit lover)
- švàlēr noun (illicit lover)
- švàlērka noun (illicit lover)
Slovak
2 entries- milenec noun (illicit lover)
- milenka noun (illicit lover)
Slovene
2 entries- ljubimec noun (illicit lover)
- ljubimka noun (illicit lover)
Spanish
2 entries- amante noun (illicit lover)
- amor prohibido noun (illicit lover)
Ukrainian
4 entries- коха́нець noun (illicit lover)
- коха́нка noun (illicit lover)
- коха́нок noun (illicit lover)
- полюбо́вник noun (illicit lover)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Tom is Mary's paramour.
Source: tatoeba (11043406)
Tom's paramour Mary studies the history of claims of telepathy.
Source: tatoeba (11043410)
to run away with a paramour
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