love

Meaning

Noun

1. A deep caring for the existence of another.
2. Strong affection.
3. Strong affection.
4. Strong affection.
5. Strong affection.
6. A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.
7. (colloquial) A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings.
8. A thing, activity, etc. which is the object of one's deep liking or enthusiasm.
9. Sexual desire; attachment based on sexual attraction.
10. Sexual activity.
11. An instance or episode of being in love; a love affair.
12. Used as the closing, before the signature, of a letter, especially between good friends or family members, or by the young.
13. Alternative letter-case form of Love (“personification of love”).
14. (obsolete) A thin silk material.
15. A climbing plant, Clematis vitalba.

Verb

1. To have a strong affection for (someone or something).
2. To need, thrive on.
3. To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.
4. To seek the good or honor of (someone), care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).
5. To derive delight from a fact or situation.
6. Synonym of heart (verb).
7. To have sex with (perhaps from make love).

Verb

Alternative form of lofe (“to praise, sell”)

Concepts

love

affection

like

desire

want

fondness

attachment

passion

friendship

enjoy

sweetheart

liking

be fond of

cherish

wish

fond of

beloved

darling

devotion

pity

kindness

dear

adore

lover

tenderness

fancy

appreciate

value

compassion

sexual love

care for

amour

admire

charity

lust

mercy

grace

favor

prize

think highly of

think well of

care

adoration

emotion

caress

honey

prefer

endearment

have sex

make love

sleep with

dearest

favour

sympathy

have a high regard for

appraise

assay

assess

esteem

estimate

evaluate

gauge

judge

rate

sorrow

romance

benevolence

being in love

be in love

be fond

eff

fuck

get it on

get laid

make out

respect

will

worth

hate

like very much

boyfriend

dote on

friend

court

amity

love affair

love-making

falling in love

heart

sexual passion

fall in love

infatuation

be pleased

amorous

select

love life

lovemaking

making love

bang

be intimate

bed

bonk

do it

have a go at it

have intercourse

have it away

have it off

hump

jazz

know

lie with

roll in the hay

screw

sleep together

erotic love

crush

interest

intimacy

friendliness

like to

want to

need

please

I want

wanting

envy

joy

truelove

clothing

gift

girlfriend

anger

in love with

attractive

deem

sex

trifle

have sex with

make love to

fondling

affectionateness

mirth

resentment

surprise

terror

confidence

trust

treat with affection

pretty

kindness and affection

be affectionate

be affectionate to

tender passion

affections

love relationship

tender emotions

covetous affection

expectation

experience

feelings

hope

imagination

mind

sentiment

thought

fall in love with

-phil

enthusiast

be attached to

be fascinated

be pleased with

pleasure

be deeply in love

sexual desire

be satisfied

impress

love each other

be bent on

be engrossed in

be extremely fond of something

be wrapped up in

heartstrings

warmth

adulate

worship

penchant

free from desire

longing of a lover

be enmaoured

being kind

feel affection

choose

tender ness

fury

gentle passion

passionate love

affect

amorousness

love-affair

god

fondle

regard

connection

covet

piety

partiality

compassionate

wish for

think much of

sea of passion

affection situation

plight

be in love with

look for

have compassion

spoil

idolize

possessions

courtship

Cupid

Eros

affinity

dearness

delight

be generous

be kind

show kindness

attached to

befriend

dislike

not want

be loved

be popular

in demand

love passionately

look after

go

walk

forgiveness

feeling

charm

fain

correct

skillful

well

have affection for

appreciation

inclination

propensity

longing

goodbye

hello

sentimental

aught

cipher

cypher

dud

good-for-nothing

goose egg

nought

null

zero

zip

zippo

assign

believe

conceive

consider

deliver

harbor

have

hold

hold down

hold on

hold up

hold water

keep

look on

maintain

make

regard as

repute

retain

take place

tend

think

treat

wear

caring

admiration

happy

devoted

have a love affair

enamor

pleasantness

lovesickness

fond

attraction

enthusiasm

sake

homesick

long for

miss

yearn

hold dear

be fascinated with

goalless

scoreless

be a lover of

desirous

humanity

philanthropy

eagerness

ecstasy

enraptured

kind

kind-hearted

warm

embrace

pet

fear

dearie

honeybunny

honeypie

sugarpie

lurve

fervidness

passionateness

white heat

adherence

amateur

beaux

fancy man

fellow

bonny

deary

ducky

favourite

poppet

sex partner

treasure trove

fak

fuck around

get busy

join

shag

to love

cheer

rejoice

present

elect

sweet

enamored

flatter

jealous

breath

news

stop

fact

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lʌv/

Etymology

From Middle English love, luve, from Old English lufu, from Proto-West Germanic *lubu, from Proto-Germanic *lubō, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“love, care, desire”).
The close of a letter sense is presumably a truncation of With love or the like.
The verb is from Middle English loven, luvien, from Old English lufian (“to love”), from Proto-West Germanic *lubōn (“to love”), derived from the noun.
Eclipsed non-native English amour (“love”), borrowed from French amour (“love”).
Cognates include Russian любовь (ljubovʹ), Latin libido (“desire, lust”), Polish lubić and Sanskrit लोभ (lobha, “desire, greed”).

Sentences

Maybe the alchemist has never been in love , the boy thought .