 romance |
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| 1. | [ noun ] a relationship between two lovers | |
| Synonyms: | love_affair | |
| Related terms: | relationship intrigue chat_up | |
| 2. | [ noun ] an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure) | |
| Synonyms: | romanticism | |
| Related terms: | quality stardust | |
| 3. | [ verb ] have a love affair with | |
| Related terms: | love love_story | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] relating to languages derived from Latin | |
| Synonyms: | Latin | |
| Examples: | "Romance languages" |
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| 5. | [ noun ] (linguistics,Roman antiquity) the group of languages derived from Latin | |
| Synonyms: | Latinian_language Romance_language | |
| Related terms: | Latin Spanish French Portuguese Rumanian Italian rhaeto-romance haitian_creole Catalan bodice_ripper | |
| 6. | [ verb ] tell romantic or exaggerated lies | |
| Examples: | "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country" |
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| Related terms: | lie | |
| 7. | [ verb ] talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | |
| Synonyms: | flirt coquet butterfly coquette philander mash dally chat_up | |
| Examples: | "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries" "My husband never flirts with other women" |
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| Related terms: | talk wanton vamp coquette wolf flirt | |
| 8. | [ verb ] make amorous advances towards | |
| Synonyms: | court woo solicit | |
| Examples: | "john is courting Mary" |
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| Related terms: | act chase display suitor love_story courtship | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (writing) a story dealing with love | |
| Synonyms: | love_story | |
| Related terms: | story chat_up | |
| 10. | [ noun ] (writing) a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life | |
| Related terms: | novel bodice_ripper Gothic_romance | |
| Similar spelling: |
Romanize romanise roominess romans Romanesque romansh Romanik Roman_nose Romanski Romanist Romanism |
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