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Sweetheart

A lover of mistress.

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Privileged 84% connected

of Privilege

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Privileged 84% connected

of Privilege

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Narrower term 3

Dulcinea 76% connected

A mistress; a sweetheart.

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Ladylove 76% connected

A sweetheart or mistress.

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Valentine 76% connected

A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day.

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Broader term 2

Lover 76% connected

One who loves; one who is in love; -- usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Woman 76% connected

An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Baby 92% connected

An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Beauty 92% connected

An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the aesthetic faculty, or the moral sense.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Beloved 92% connected

of Belove

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Darling 92% connected

One dearly beloved; a favorite.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dear 92% connected

Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dearie 92% connected

Same as Deary.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Deary 92% connected

A dear; a darling.

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Dish 92% connected

A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Honey 92% connected

A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Looker 92% connected

One who looks.

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Love 92% connected

A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preeminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderne…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mantrap 92% connected

A trap for catching trespassers.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Peach 92% connected

To accuse of crime; to inform against.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ravisher 92% connected

One who ravishes (in any sense).

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Smasher 92% connected

One who, or that which, smashes or breaks things to pieces.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Steady 92% connected

Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stunner 92% connected

One who, or that which, stuns.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Truelove 92% connected

One really beloved.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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