lovers
lov·ers/ˈlʌvɚz/adjective, noun
lovers is an adjective meaning “In a romantic or sexual relationship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-O-V-E-R-S and has 2 syllables (lov·ers), and it appears 14 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does lovers mean?
adjective
- 1
In a romantic or sexual relationship.
noun
- 1
plural of lover
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce lovers?
- US /ˈlʌvɚz/
- UK /ˈlʌvəz/
Lovers has 2 syllables, split lov·ers in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-lovers.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is lovers?
Lovers appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,595th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).