Collocations for "boyfriend"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "boyfriend" in context.
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boyfriend
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- my [former, current, previous, longtime, new] boyfriend
- a [thoughtful, considerate, kind, thoughtless] boyfriend
- a [potential, possible] boyfriend (for her)
- would [make, be] a good boyfriend
- they are boyfriend and girlfriend
- have never had a boyfriend before
- is her first boyfriend
- met her boyfriend at the [bar, party, conference]
- have you met his new boyfriend (yet)?
- brought her boyfriend home for [Christmas, Thanksgiving, the holidays]
- brought his boyfriend home [to meet his parents]
- introduced me to her boyfriend
- her boyfriend asked her to marry him
- asked to be her boyfriend
- has been dating her boyfriend [for three years, since June]
- [dumped, ditched] his boyfriend
- [split, broke] up with her boyfriend
- split up with her boyfriend of [three, 10] years
- is good boyfriend material
'boyfriend' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
alone
- approve
- carrot
- catch
- cheat
- chew
- choice
- chuck
- clingy
- competitive
- considerate
- cooking
- cuddly
- dedicate
- excuse
- fantasy
- fuck
- girlfriend
- google
- gorgeous
- hand
- hunk
- kill
- lazy
- look
- lover
- maintenance
- message
- moan
- more
- most
- move
- passionate
- perfect
- pleasure
- pretend
- romantic
- satisfy
- sex
- smother
- snuggle
- station
- steal
- sweet
- then
- touchy
- trade
- unfaithful