Meaning & use
beloved
Dearly loved and cherished by someone, often for a long time.
See it in a sentence
The beloved family dog greeted everyone at the door with excitement.
Grandmother's beloved garden was full of roses she had planted decades earlier.
A note on using this word
Beloved can also function as a noun meaning the person who is loved, as in "she wrote to her beloved."
Words with a similar meaning
cherishedadoreddear
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
despisedhated
Another way to use it
2. noun
A person who is dearly loved.
He wrote a heartfelt poem for his beloved before leaving for war.
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