Boy and Sweetheart

Boy

Boy noun - A male romantic companion.

Usage example: their teenaged daughter has a new boy, and she's just crazy about him

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Sweetheart and boy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sweetheart" instead a noun "Boy".

Nearby Words: boyish, boyhood, boyishness

Sweetheart noun - A person with whom one is in love.

Usage example: I married my high-school sweetheart as soon as we both finished college

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Boy and sweetheart are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Boy" instead a noun "Sweetheart".

old	old boy	old sweetheart
good	good boy	good sweetheart
adorable	adorable boy	adorable sweetheart
nice	nice boy	nice sweetheart
Other adjectives: regular, certain, dead, innocent, cheerful, shy, former, different, teenage, blonde, unnamed, all-American.

For the girl was my sweetheart and the boy my best friend

Source: Have A Gay Old Time / Music
Ross is a Hot-Blooded boy who idolizes his Retired Badass dad but is quite the sweetheart to others, and Ewan is a cheery prankster with a talent for magic.

Source: Badass Adorable / Video Games
A red-blooded American boy must choose between his familiar, cutesy-plain sweetheart and this seductress.

Source: The Vamp

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