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Synonyms for love
noun adoration; very strong liking

emotion
tenderness
appreciation
taste
fondness
lust
yearning
passion
affection
respect
friendship
devotion

infatuation
rapture
allegiance
adulation
involvement
amour
fidelity
worship
sentiment
crush
enjoyment
attachment

fervor
weakness
inclination
amity
hankering
enchantment
ardor
regard
partiality
delight
idolatry
amorousness

relish
case
like
piety
zeal
flame
soft spot
cherishing
devotedness
ardency
mad for

Antonyms for loves

animosity
hatred
ill will
dislike
hate

indifference
enmity
disloyalty
treachery
sorrow

apathy
coolness
neglect
misery
unhappiness

Synonyms
noun person who is loved by another

passion
lover
angel
sweet
honey
dear
admirer

girlfriend
beloved
inamorata
darling
sweetheart
paramour
beau

Romeo
truelove
suitor
spark
boyfriend
swain
flame

courter
valentine
dearest
inamorato
Juliet
dear one
loved one

Antonyms

hate
enemy

foe
girlfriend

dislike
hatred

Synonyms
verb adore, like very much

prize
treasure
prefer
admire
choose
cherish
worship
go for
glorify
canonize

deify
fancy
idolize
exalt
venerate
adulate
esteem
delight in
dote on
fall for

care for
be attached to
be captivated by
be crazy about
be enamored of
be enchanted by
be fascinated with
be fond of
be in love with
gone on

have affection for
have it bad
hold dear
hold high
long for
put on pedestal
think the world of
thrive with
wild for
lose one’s heart to

Antonyms

despise
dislike
hate
castigate
condemn

degrade
humiliate
scorn
abstain
criticize

debase
lower
mock
not care

Synonyms
verb have sexual relations

feel
embrace
kiss
shine
fondle
lick
court

neck
tryst
pet
cuddle
woo
cosset
soothe

stroke
caress
cling
press
hug
hold
clasp

make love
draw close
look tenderly
take into one’s arms

Antonyms

disbelieve
ignore
release

dislike
hate
scorn

abstain
let go
push away

Concept Thesaurus for word loves
1. Social Affections
Synonyms – noun

love
regard
affection
heart
yearning
gallantry
fervor
enchantment
Cupid
love token
love story
amourette
popularity
follower
amoret
swain
truelove
paramour
cicisbeo
idol
angel
affianced
amorette

fondness
dilection
sympathy
brotherly love
tender passion
passion
enthusiasm
infatuation
Venus
love suit
the old story
free love.
favorite
admirer
beau
young man
leman
amoroso
caro sposo.
darling
goddess
fiancée.
pair of turtledoves

liking
admiration
fellow-feeling
benevolence
amour
flame
transport of love
adoration
myrtle
love affair
plighted love
maternal love.
lover
adorer
sweetheart
flame
Lothario
cavaliere servente
inamorata
duck
cara sposa.
flirt
abode of love

inclination (desire)
fancy.
tenderness
attachment.
gyneolatry
devotion
rapture
idolatry.
true lover’s knot
love tale
courtship
attractiveness
suitor
wooer
inamorato
love
gallant
captive
ladylove
Dulcinea
betrothed
coquette
agapemone.

Synonyms – verbs

love
care for
affection
harbor cherish a love for
bear love to
feast one’s eyes on
cling to
adore
dote upon.
fall in love with
win the heart
secure the love
wind round the heart
charm
seduce
get into favor
propitiate
set one’s cap at

like
take an interest in
be in love with
regard
be wedded to
hold dear
cherish
idolize
take a fancy to
lose one’s heart
gain the heart
engage the affections
attract
fascinate
enamor
ingratiate oneself
curry favor with
flirt.

affect
be partial to
have a love for
revere
set one’s affections on
prize
pet.
love to distraction
look sweet upon
desire
win the affections
take the fancy of
attach
captivate
enrapture
insinuate oneself
pay one’s court to

fancy
sympathize with
entertain a love for
take to
make much of
hug
burn
aimer eperdument dote on
become enamored
excite love
gain the affections
have a place in the heart
endear
bewitch
turn the head.
worm oneself
faire l’aimable

Synonyms – adjectives

loving
smitten
enamored
over head and ears in love.
sympathetic
fond
passionate
loved
dear
little

fond of
bitten
charmed
affectionate
loving
erotic
rapturous
beloved
precious
favorite

taken with
attached to
in love
tender
amorous
uxorious
devoted
well beloved
darling
popular.

struck with
wedded to
love-sick
sweet upon
amatory
ardent
motherly.
dearly beloved
pet

Synonyms – phrases
amantes amentes [Terencel; credula res amor est [Ovid]; militat omnis amasius [Ovid]; omnia vincit amor [Vergil]; si vis amari ama [Seneca] the sweetest joy, the wildest woe [Bailey].
Antonyms

hate

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Other adjectives related to loves

adorable
after one’s own heart
amiable
attached to
bitten
charmed
dear
devoted
erotic
glutolatrous
interesting
lovable
lovesick
mulierose
over head and ears in love
pet
photophilous
precious
romantic
struck with
taken with
to one’s mind
unfaithful
well

affectionate
after one’s taste
ammophilous
attractive
bloten
charming
dear as the apple of one’s eye
enamored
fascinating
heartsick
lexicomanic
loved
loving
nearest to one’s heart
pandemic
philogynous
plagose
pygal
sapid
sweet
tender
to one’s own heart
uxorious
zoophiliac

after one’s fancy
amative
amorous
beloved
brokenhearted
congenial
dearly beloved
enchanting
favorite
in love
like an angel
lovelorn
moonstruck
nemophilous
paphian
philophilosophos
popular
pygophilous
seductive
sweet upon
tid
to one’s taste
veneficial

after one’s mind
amatory
ardent
bewitching
captivating
darling
dendrophilous
engaging
fond of
in one’s good graces
little
lovely
motherly
ornithophilous
passionate
philoprogenitive
potamophilous
rapturous
smitten
sympathetic
to one’s fancy
true
wedded to

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