wooer

noun

Definition of wooernext
as in boyfriend
a man who courts a woman usually with the goal of marrying her of all her wooers, he was the only one who met with her father's approval

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wooer
  1. boyfriend
  2. lover
  3. suitor
  4. man
  5. gallant
  6. fellow
  7. swain
Noun
  • Meanwhile, up in the stands, Taylor Swift was watching that Fritz-Sinner match with her NFL-star boyfriend Travis Kelce and his Kansas City Chiefs teammate Patrick Mahomes, who’d turned up camera-ready in, respectively, Gucci and Prada.
    Maya Singer, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The mom of two didn't walk the red carpet but was seen with her boyfriend during Nikki Glaser's opening monologue, giggling at a couple of jokes about Chalamet.
    Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of boyfriend
Noun
  • The Google Pixel 9 Pro is another phone that is great for photography lovers.
    Rachel Wells, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Out back, there’s a chicken house for egg layers and a two-stall barn, with a tack room, for equine lovers.
    Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of lover
Noun
  • The more Guehi’s current deal at Palace ticks down, the greater the chance a major suitor in Spain, Italy or Germany may be able to afford a transfer fee that Palace deem acceptable.
    Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Trump wants to rekindle his Kim Jong Un bromance, but North Korea has other suitors now, writes Daniel R. DePetris, a fellow at Defense Priorities and a foreign affairs commentator for the Spectator.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of suitor
Noun
  • Other fire victims include a man who was found holding a garden hose as well as an 82-year-old man who died in his bed.
    CBS News, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Here was an earnest man who wanted to protect the solemnity of the subject, fans felt.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of man
Noun
  • Evans' courageous effort as an underdog was every bit as impressive as the gallant comeback Oak Ridge staged to pull out an 85-80 victory and preserve its No. 4 MaxPreps national ranking.
    Nate Marrero, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Australia's best teams since that golden age - 2017 and 2023 - were gallant and stole victories but ultimately fell short.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of gallant
Noun
  • The literary genius from Jackson, Mississippi, detailed the dream in a 1941 letter to her agent, friend, and fellow gardener, Diarmuid Russell, which was collected in Julia Eichelberger’s Tell About Night Flowers: Eudora Welty’s Gardening Letters, 1940-1949.
    Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Lloyd Billingsley is a policy fellow at the Independent Institute in Oakland.
    K. Lloyd Billingsley, Orange County Register, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of fellow
Noun
  • Science emerges as a version of the pastoral, with the physicist as swain.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The British actor finds the humor and sensitivity in his lustful swain, and his mellifluous voice is perfectly matched to Shakespeare’s prose.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of swain
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