noun
- A relationship between two lovers.
- synonyms: love affair
- An exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure.
- synonyms: romanticism
- The group of languages derived from Latin.
- synonyms: Romance language, Latinian language
- A story dealing with love.
- synonyms: love story
- A novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life.
verb
- Make amorous advances towards.
- usage: "John is courting Mary"
- Have a love affair with.
- Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions.
- usage: "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
- Tell romantic or exaggerated lies.
- usage: "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country"
adjective
- Relating to languages derived from Latin.
- usage: "Romance languages"
- synonyms: Latin
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