true lover's knot

Questions about true lover's knot

What does true lover's knot mean?

true lover's knot means "a stylized or decorative knot used as an emblem of love". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for true lover's knot?

Close synonyms include love knot, lovers' knot, lover's knot, true lovers' knot, fisherman's knot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is true lover's knot a common word?

true lover's knot is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.