- love affair, romance - a relationship between two lovers
--1 is a kind of relationship
--1 has particulars: intrigueDerived forms: verb romance3, verb romance2, verb romance1 - romanticism, romance - an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
--2 is a kind of quality
--2 has particulars: stardustDerived form: verb romance4 - Romance, Romance language, Latinian language - the group of languages derived from Latin
--3 is a kind of Latin
--3 has particulars:Haitian Creole; Italian; French; Portuguese; Spanish; Catalan; Rhaeto-Romance, Rhaeto-Romanic; Romanian, Rumanian - love story, romance - a story dealing with love
--4 is a kind of story
Derived forms: verb romance3, verb romance2, verb romance1 - romance - a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
--5 is a kind of novel
--5 has particulars: Gothic romance; bodice ripperDerived form: verb romance4
- woo, court, romance, solicit - make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary"
--1 is one way to act, move
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun romance4, noun romance1
Sam cannot romance Sue
- romance - have a love affair with
--2 is one way to love
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun romance4, noun romance1
Sam cannot romance Sue
- chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash - talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
--3 is one way to talk, speak
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun romance4, noun romance1
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- romance - tell romantic or exaggerated lies; "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country"
--4 is one way to lie
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun romance5, noun romance2
Somebody ----s