| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
| |
love |
| |
| NOUN: | 1. Deep and ardent affection: adoration, devotion, worship. See LIKE, LOVE. 2. The condition of being closely tied to another by affection or faith: affection, attachment, devotion, fondness, liking, loyalty (used in plural). See CONNECT. 3. A person who is much loved: beloved, darling, dear, honey, minion, precious, sweet, sweetheart, truelove. Informal : sweetie. Idioms: light of one's life. See LOVE. 4. A strong, enthusiastic liking for something: love affair, passion, romance. See LOVE. 5. An intimate sexual relationship between two people: affair, amour, love affair, romance. See LOVE, SEX. 6. The passionate affection and desire felt by lovers for each other: amorousness, fancy, passion, romance. See LOVE, SEX. | | VERB: | 1. To feel deep, devoted love for: adore, worship. See LOVE. 2. To like or enjoy enthusiastically, often excessively: adore, delight (in), dote on or (upon). Slang : eat up, groove on. See LIKE, LOVE.
| | |
| |
| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|
