high school sweetheart
Adolescent first love
A high school sweetheart is a romantic partner from one's high school years, especially one remembered fondly or maintained into adulthood.
The term carries nostalgic weight—it suggests young love, shared history, and often a certain innocence: They married their high school sweetheart and never looked back.
Sometimes used wistfully for relationships that didn't last.
- promHigh school formal dance
- first loveEarliest romantic attachment
- teenageOf youth, 13-19
- romanceLove and its excitement
- senior yearLast year before graduation
crush · nostalgia · yearbook · homecoming · letter jacket · locker · graduation · puppy love · football · bleachers · passing notes · study hall · notes · hallway · kiss · holding hands · back seat · class ring
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
- dating typesbad boy, player, gold digger, nice guy, hopeless romantic
- nostalgic romancefirst love, old flame, lost love, summer romance, love letters
- reunionsreunion, family reunion, class reunion, alumni, reconciliation
- exesex, ex-boyfriend, ex-girlfriend, ex-husband, ex-wife
high school sweetheartmarriage of convenience
Union for practical gain
loveless marriage · green card marriage · second marriage · trophy wife · arranged marriage
high school sweetheartone-night stand
Casual sexual encounter
fling · friends with benefits · booty call · no-strings-attached · summer romance
high school sweetheartmistress
Illicit female lover
kept woman · sugar daddy · loveless marriage · marriage of convenience · arranged marriage
school, sweetheart, higher, highest, highly, highness, schools, schooled, schooling