| NOUN | state | romance, love affair | a relationship between two lovers |
|---|---|---|---|
| attribute | romance, romanticism | an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure) | |
| communication | Romance, Romance language, Latinian language | the group of languages derived from Latin | |
| communication | romance, love story | a story dealing with love | |
| communication | romance | a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life | |
| ADJECTIVE | pert | Romance, Latin | relating to languages derived from Latin |
| VERB | social | romance, woo, court, solicit | make amorous advances towards |
| emotion | romance | have a love affair with | |
| communication | romance, chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, philander, mash | talk / talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | |
| communication | romance | tell romantic or exaggerated lies |
| Sounds | rowmae'ns; row'maens | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | advance ... trance: 20 rhymes with aens... | |
| Meaning | relating to languages derived from Latin. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | Latin | |
| Spanish | latina, romance, románica, románico | |
| Catalan | llatina, romanç, romànic, romànica | |
| Adjectives | Latin | relating to people or countries speaking Romance languages |
| Nouns | Romance | the group of languages derived from Latin |
| Meaning | A relationship between two lovers. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | love affair | |
| Narrower | intrigue | A clandestine love affair |
| Broader | relationship | A state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection) |
| Spanish | amorío, aventura, idilio, ligue, romance | |
| Catalan | aventura, flirt, idil·li, relació amorosa | |
| Adjectives | romantic | expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance |
| Verbs | romance | talk / talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions |
| romance | have a love affair with | |
| romance | make amorous advances towards | |
| Meaning | An exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | romanticism | |
| Narrower | stardust | A dreamy romantic or sentimental quality |
| Broader | quality | An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
| Spanish | romanticismo | |
| Catalan | romanticisme | |
| Verbs | romance | tell romantic or exaggerated lies |
| Meaning | A story dealing with love. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | love story | |
| Broader | story | A piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events |
| Spanish | romance | |
| Verbs | romance | talk / talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions |
| romance | have a love affair with | |
| romance | make amorous advances towards | |
| Meaning | A novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | Gothic romance | A romance that deals with desolate and mysterious and grotesque events |
| bodice ripper | A romantic novel containing scenes in which the heroine is sexually violated | |
| Broader | novel | An extended fictional work in prose |
| Spanish | novela romántica | |
| Catalan | novel·la romàntica | |
| Adjectives | romantic | not sensible about practical matters |
| Verbs | romance | tell romantic or exaggerated lies |
| Meaning | make amorous advances towards. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam cannot romance Sue | |
| Synonyms | woo, court, solicit | |
| Narrower | chase, chase after | pursue someone sexually or romantically |
| display | attract attention by displaying some body part or posing | |
| Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
| Spanish | cortejar, festejar, galantear | |
| Catalan | cortejar, estar promès, fer la cort, festejar, galantejar, sortir | |
| Nouns | romance | a story dealing with love |
| romance | a relationship between two lovers | |
| Meaning | Have a love affair with. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam cannot romance Sue | |
| Broader | love | Be enamored or in love with |
| Nouns | romance | a story dealing with love |
| romance | a relationship between two lovers | |
| Meaning | talk / talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, philander, mash | |
| Narrower | vamp | Act seductively with (someone) |
| wanton | Engage in amorous play | |
| Broader | talk, speak | Exchange thoughts |
| Spanish | coquetear, flirtear | |
| Catalan | coquetejar, flirtar, flirtejar | |
| Nouns | romance | a story dealing with love |
| romance | a relationship between two lovers | |
| Meaning | tell romantic or exaggerated lies. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country" | |
| Broader | lie | tell an untruth |
| Spanish | contar cuentos, fantasear, novelar | |
| Nouns | romance | an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure) |
| romance | a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life | |
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