love
noun
[ lʌv ]
• an intense feeling of deep affection.
• "babies fill parents with feelings of love"
Similar:
deep affection,
fondness,
tenderness,
warmth,
intimacy,
attachment,
endearment,
devotion,
adoration,
doting,
idolization,
worship,
passion,
ardour,
desire,
lust,
yearning,
infatuation,
adulation,
besottedness,
compassion,
care,
caring,
regard,
solicitude,
concern,
friendliness,
friendship,
kindness,
charity,
goodwill,
sympathy,
kindliness,
altruism,
philanthropy,
unselfishness,
benevolence,
brotherliness,
sisterliness,
fellow feeling,
humanity,
relationship,
love affair,
affair,
romance,
liaison,
affair of the heart,
intrigue,
amour,
• a great interest and pleasure in something.
• "his love for football"
Similar:
liking,
weakness,
partiality,
bent,
leaning,
proclivity,
inclination,
disposition,
enjoyment,
appreciation,
soft spot,
taste,
delight,
relish,
passion,
zeal,
appetite,
zest,
enthusiasm,
keenness,
predilection,
penchant,
fondness,
• a person or thing that one loves.
• "she was the love of his life"
Similar:
beloved,
loved one,
love of one's life,
dear,
dearest,
dear one,
darling,
sweetheart,
sweet,
sweet one,
angel,
honey,
lover,
boyfriend,
girlfriend,
significant other,
betrothed,
paramour,
inamorata,
inamorato,
querida,
• (in tennis, squash, and some other sports) a score of zero; nil.
• "love fifteen"
love
verb
• feel deep affection for (someone).
• "he loved his sister dearly"
Similar:
be in love with,
be infatuated with,
be smitten with,
be besotted with,
be passionate about,
care very much for,
feel deep affection for,
hold very dear,
adore,
think the world of,
be devoted to,
dote on,
cherish,
worship,
idolize,
treasure,
prize,
be mad/crazy/nuts/wild about,
have a pash on,
carry a torch for,
be potty about,
• like or enjoy very much.
• "I just love dancing"
Similar:
like very much,
delight in,
enjoy greatly,
have a passion for,
take great pleasure in,
derive great pleasure from,
have a great liking for,
be addicted to,
relish,
savour,
have a weakness for,
be partial to,
have a soft spot for,
have a taste for,
be taken with,
have a predilection for,
have a proclivity for,
have a penchant for,
get a kick from/out of,
have a thing about/for,
be mad for/about,
be crazy/nuts/wild about,
be hooked on,
get off on,
get a buzz from/out of,
be potty about,
go a bundle on,
Origin:
Old English lufu, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit lubhyati ‘desires’, Latin libet ‘it is pleasing’, libido ‘desire’, also by leave2 and lief.
