Flame
Flame noun - A person with whom one is in love.
Usage example: decided to look up an old flame while she was in town
Man
Man noun - A male romantic companion.
Usage example: I'm going to see my man again tonight
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old flame | old man |
| original | original flame | original man |
| single | single flame | single man |
| small | small flame | small man |
| Other adjectives: powerful, real, big, huge, little, black, naked, older, giant. | ||
Common collocations
| ways | flame ways | man ways |
Both words in one sentence
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I Will Wait for You: "Corey's Coming" is about a man who waits his entire life for an old flame to return to him.
Source: Music / Harry Chapin -
Woman Scorned: There's not one but two sidequests involving a woman who decides to get vengeance on their old flame by trying the man's child with the other woman.
- We are the legions of Hellwell, damned The banished ones of fallen flame We are the race undone by man So man we curse-forget his name!
Source: Badass Boast / Literature
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