Definition of 'romance'
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; "John is courting Mary"
Synonyms: woo court solicit - have a love affair with
- talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
Synonyms: chat up flirt dally butterfly coquet coquette philander mash - tell romantic or exaggerated lies; "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country"
Adjective
- relating to languages derived from Latin; "Romance languages"
Synonyms: Latin
