Another word for love
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Noun
Deep and ardent affection
- The reverent love and devotion accorded a deity, an idol, or a sacred object.
- The ceremonies, prayers, or other religious forms by which this love is expressed:
- Ardent admiration or love; adoration:
- Ardent, often selfless affection and dedication, as to a person or principle.
- Religious ardor or zeal; piety.
- An act of religious observance or prayer, especially when private.
- The act of worship.
- Profound love or regard.
The passionate affection and desire felt by lovers for each other
- A love affair:
- Ardent emotional attachment or involvement between people; love:
- A strong, sometimes short-lived attachment, fascination, or enthusiasm for something:
- suffering or agony, as of a martyr
- an account of this
- the sufferings of Jesus, beginning with his agony in the garden of Gethsemane and continuing to his death on the Cross
- Highly decorated:
- Complex or intricate:
- Elegantly fashionable or sophisticated:
- The state or quality of being amorous.
An intimate sexual relationship between two people
- A love affair:
- Ardent emotional attachment or involvement between people; love:
- A strong, sometimes short-lived attachment, fascination, or enthusiasm for something:
- An intimate sexual relationship or episode between lovers.
- A strong enthusiasm:
- A love affair, especially an illicit one.
- Something done or experienced; a matter or event:
- A matter of personal concern:
- A matter causing public scandal and controversy:
The condition of being closely tied to another by affection or faith
- The state or quality of being loyal.
- A feeling or attitude of devoted attachment and affection:
- A feeling of attraction or love; fondness:
- Preference or taste:
- tender or doting affection
- an inclination; taste
- foolishness
- Ardent, often selfless affection and dedication, as to a person or principle.
- Religious ardor or zeal; piety.
- An act of religious observance or prayer, especially when private.
- The act of attaching or the condition of being attached.
- Something, such as a tie, band, or fastener, that attaches one thing to another.
- A bond, as of affection or loyalty; fond regard.
- A tender feeling toward another; fondness.
- Feeling or emotion:
- A disposition to feel, do, or say; a propensity.
See also:A person who is much loved
- Sweetheart; dear.
- One's beloved; a sweetheart.
- One who is loved.
- Used as a familiar term of endearment.
- A person regarded as generous or lovable.
- Having the taste of sugar or a substance containing or resembling sugar, as honey or saccharin.
- Containing or derived from sugar.
- Retaining some natural sugar; not dry:
- Of high cost or worth; valuable:
- Highly esteemed; cherished:
- Dear; beloved:
- An obsequious follower or dependent; a sycophant.
- A subordinate official, especially a servile one.
- One who is highly esteemed or favored; a darling.
- A sweet yellowish or brownish viscid fluid produced by various bees from the nectar of flowers and used as food.
- A similar substance made by certain other insects.
- A sweet substance, such as nectar or syrup.
- Loved and cherished:
- Greatly valued; precious:
- Highly esteemed or regarded. Used in direct address, especially in salutations:
- A dearly beloved person.
- One that is greatly liked or preferred; a favorite:
- Dearly beloved.
- Dearly loved.
Idioms:See also:A strong, enthusiastic liking for something
- A love affair:
- Ardent emotional attachment or involvement between people; love:
- A strong, sometimes short-lived attachment, fascination, or enthusiasm for something:
- suffering or agony, as of a martyr
- an account of this
- the sufferings of Jesus, beginning with his agony in the garden of Gethsemane and continuing to his death on the Cross
- An intimate sexual relationship or episode between lovers.
- A strong enthusiasm:
See also:
Verb
To feel deep, devoted love for
- The reverent love and devotion accorded a deity, an idol, or a sacred object.
- The ceremonies, prayers, or other religious forms by which this love is expressed:
- Ardent admiration or love; adoration:
- To worship as God or a god.
- To love (someone) deeply and devotedly.
- To like very much:
See also:To like or enjoy enthusiastically, often excessively
- (idiomatic) To consume completely.
- (idiomatic) To accept or believe entirely, immediately, and without questioning.
- Great pleasure; joy:
- Something that gives great pleasure or enjoyment:
- To take great pleasure or joy:
- To worship as God or a god.
- To love (someone) deeply and devotedly.
- To like very much:
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Another word for love
Noun
Passionate and tender devotion
- immature love between a boy and girl; puppy love
- Adolescent love or infatuation.
- To press between opposing bodies so as to break, compress, or injure:
- To break, pound, or grind (stone or ore, for example) into small fragments or powder.
- To put down with force; subdue:
- The god of love.
- The goddess of love and beauty.
- The goddess of love and beauty.
- The second planet from the sun, having an average radius of 6,052 kilometers (3,761 miles), a mass 0.82 times that of Earth, and a sidereal period of revolution about the sun of 224.7 days at a mean distance of approximately 108.2 million kilometers (67.2 million miles).
- The god of love; the son of Venus.
- A representation of Cupid as a naked cherubic boy usually having wings and holding a bow and arrow, used as a symbol of love.
- The god of love, son of Aphrodite.
- Creative, often sexual yearning, love, or desire:
- Sexual drive; libido.
- The condition or quality of being weak.
- A personal defect or failing.
- A special fondness or inclination:
- Highly decorated:
- Complex or intricate:
- Elegantly fashionable or sophisticated:
- To wish or long for; want:
- To want to have sex with (another person).
- To express a wish for; request.
- The reverent love and devotion accorded a deity, an idol, or a sacred object.
- The ceremonies, prayers, or other religious forms by which this love is expressed:
- Ardent admiration or love; adoration:
- State of being devoted.
- Present participle of cherish.
- The act by which somebody or something is cherished.
- The act or state of enjoying.
- Use or possession of something beneficial or pleasurable.
- Something that gives pleasure:
- The practice of sexual relations without romantic commitment between or among partners.
- The state or quality of being amorous.
- A thought, view, or attitude, especially one based mainly on emotion instead of reason:
- Emotion; feeling:
- Tender or romantic feeling:
- A mental state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscious effort and is often accompanied by physiological changes; a feeling:
- Such mental states or the qualities that are associated with them, especially in contrast to reason:
- Intensity of emotion, especially strong desire, enthusiasm, or devotion.
- The act of enchanting.
- The state of being enchanted.
- Something that enchants.
- The state of being transported by a lofty emotion; ecstasy.
- An expression of ecstatic feeling:
- The transporting of a person from one place to another, especially to heaven, by supernatural means.
- The zone of burning gases and fine suspended matter associated with rapid combustion; a hot, glowing mass of burning gas or vapor.
- The condition of active, blazing combustion:
- Something resembling a flame in motion, brilliance, intensity, or shape.
- A persistent, often melancholy desire; a longing:
- The act of worship.
- Profound love or regard.
- tender or doting affection
- an inclination; taste
- foolishness
- a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
- concern for the feelings or welfare of others
- pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched
- suffering or agony, as of a martyr
- an account of this
- the sufferings of Jesus, beginning with his agony in the garden of Gethsemane and continuing to his death on the Cross
- an infatuating or being infatuated
- Ardent, often selfless affection and dedication, as to a person or principle.
- Religious ardor or zeal; piety.
- An act of religious observance or prayer, especially when private.
- The act of attaching or the condition of being attached.
- Something, such as a tie, band, or fastener, that attaches one thing to another.
- A bond, as of affection or loyalty; fond regard.
- A tender feeling toward another; fondness.
- Feeling or emotion:
- A disposition to feel, do, or say; a propensity.
Affection based on esteem
- Recognition of the quality, value, significance, or magnitude of people and things.
- A judgment or opinion, especially a favorable one.
- An expression of gratitude.
- To think of or consider in a particular way:
- To look at attentively; observe closely:
- To relate or refer to; concern:
- To feel or show deferential regard for; esteem or admire:
- To avoid interfering with or intruding upon:
- To avoid violating:
See also:A lively and enduring interest
- suffering or agony, as of a martyr
- an account of this
- the sufferings of Jesus, beginning with his agony in the garden of Gethsemane and continuing to his death on the Cross
- A definite liking; a strong inclination.
- A special liking for something; a preference.
- Hearty enjoyment or appreciation:
- Something that lends pleasure or zest:
- A keen liking for something:
Verb
To be passionately devoted
- To regard with pleasure, wonder, and approval:
- To have a high opinion of; esteem or respect:
- To enjoy (something):
- To regard with respect; prize.
- To regard as; consider:
- Favorable regard; respect.
- To choose or be in the habit of choosing as more desirable or as having more value:
- To give priority or precedence to (a creditor).
- To present (a charge) against a defendant before a court:
- Accumulated or stored wealth in the form of money, jewels, or other valuables:
- Valuable or precious possessions of any kind.
- One considered especially precious or valuable:
- (idiomatic) To have a very high opinion of; to have a strong attachment to or affection for.
- To declare (a deceased person) to be a saint and entitled to be fully honored as such.
- To include in the biblical canon.
- To include in a literary canon.
- To make a god of; raise to the condition of a god.
- To worship or revere as a god:
- To idealize; exalt:
- (idiomatic) To hold in very high esteem, especially to an exaggerated degree.
- Something offered or won as an award for superiority or victory, as in a contest or competition.
- Something worth striving for; a highly desirable possession.
- Offered or given as a prize:
- To regard with great or uncritical admiration or devotion.
- To worship as an idol.
- To raise in rank, character, or status; elevate:
- To glorify, praise, or honor.
- To increase the effect or intensity of; heighten:
- To give glory, honor, or high praise to; exalt.
- To cause to be or seem more glorious or excellent than is actually the case:
- To give glory to, especially through worship.
- To regard with deep respect or reverence.
- Highly decorated:
- Complex or intricate:
- Elegantly fashionable or sophisticated:
- To select from a number of possible alternatives; decide on and pick out:
- To prefer above others:
- To determine or decide:
- To worship as God or a god.
- To love (someone) deeply and devotedly.
- To like very much:
To express love by caresses
- To make love to.
- The part of the body joining the head to the shoulders or trunk.
- A narrow or constricted area of a bodily structure, as of a bone, that joins its parts; a cervix.
- The part of a tooth between the crown and root.
- The act or an instance of striking, as with the hand, a weapon, or a tool; a blow or impact.
- The striking of a bell or gong.
- The sound so produced.
- To calm or placate (a person, for example).
- To ease or relieve (pain, for example).
- To bring comfort, composure, or relief.
- An animal kept for enjoyment or companionship.
- An object of the affections.
- A person especially loved or indulged; a favorite:
- To have and keep in one's grasp:
- To aim or direct; point:
- To keep from falling or moving; support:
- To clasp or hold closely, especially in the arms, as in affection; embrace.
- To hold steadfastly to; cherish:
- To stay close to:
- A fastening, such as a hook or buckle, used to hold two or more objects or parts together.
- An embrace or hug.
- A grip or grasp of the hand.