Romance

//ɹoʊˈmæns//

Synonyms for "romance" (214 found)

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Closest matches (43)

Strong matches (64)

Verb(2 words)
dallyflirt

Related words (107)

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Adjective(1 words)
latin
Adjective(2 words)
romanicromantic

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14 relation types

More general

11 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

6 entries

Related terms

5 entries

capable of

2 entries

causes desire

3 entries

derived

49 entries

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has context

1 entries

has property

2 entries

is a

5 entries

manner of

2 entries

meronym

88 entries

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not has_property

1 entries

related to

54 entries

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Translations

170 translations across 45 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • romak adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • roman adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)

Arabic

4 entries
  • روماني adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • رُومَانْسِيّ adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • لاتيني adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • رُومَانْسِيَّة noun (story or novel dealing with idealized love)

Armenian

2 entries
  • ռոմանական adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • սիրավեպ noun (intimate relationship, love affair)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • рама́нскі adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • рама́н noun (intimate relationship, love affair)
  • рама́нс noun (music: sentimental piece of music)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • рома́нски adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • любо́вна исто́рия noun (intimate relationship, love affair)
  • неби́валица noun (embellished account)
  • ри́царски рома́н noun (story or novel dealing with idealized love)

Catalan

4 entries
  • romanç adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • romànic adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • novel·la sentimental noun (story or novel dealing with idealized love)
  • romanç noun (story relating to chivalry)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 拉丁 adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • 羅曼 /罗曼 adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • 羅馬 /罗马 adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • 愛情小說 /爱情小说 noun (story or novel dealing with idealized love)

Czech

1 entries
  • románský adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)

Danish

2 entries
  • romansk adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • romansk noun (group of languages and cultures which are derived from Vulgar Latin)

Dutch

1 entries
  • Romaans adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)

Finnish

4 entries
  • romaaninen adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • haaveellisuus noun (dreamy, imaginative habit of mind)
  • intohimo noun (strong obsession or attachment)
  • kiehtova piirre noun (mysterious, fascinating quality)

French

4 entries
  • roman adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • amour romantique noun (idealized love)
  • idylle noun (intimate relationship, love affair)
  • idylle noun (idealized love)

Galician

1 entries
  • románico adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)

German

4 entries
  • romanisch adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • Liebesgeschichte noun (intimate relationship, love affair)
  • Liebesgeschichte noun (story or novel dealing with idealized love)
  • Minne noun (idealized love)

Greek

3 entries
  • ρομανικός adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • ρομάντζο noun (intimate relationship, love affair)
  • ρομανικές γλώσσες noun (group of languages and cultures which are derived from Vulgar Latin)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • újlatin adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • románc noun (intimate relationship, love affair)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • rómanskur adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • romance adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • romanic adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)

Irish

1 entries
  • scéal ridireachta noun (story relating to chivalry)

Italian

4 entries
  • neolatino adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • romanico adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • romanzo adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • atmosfera fantasiosa noun (mysterious, fascinating quality)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ラテン adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • ロマン adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • ロマンス adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • ローマン adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ប្រលោមលោក noun (story or novel dealing with idealized love)

Korean

4 entries
  • 로망스 adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • 련애 noun (intimate relationship, love affair)
  • 로망스 noun (music: sentimental piece of music)
  • 로맨스 noun (intimate relationship, love affair)

Latin

2 entries
  • rōmānicus adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • fābula noun (story or novel dealing with idealized love)

Manx

1 entries
  • cooish ghraih noun (intimate relationship, love affair)

Māori

3 entries
  • kōrero takuahi noun (embellished account)
  • mate kanehe noun (intimate relationship, love affair)
  • paki whaiāipo noun (story or novel dealing with idealized love)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • romansk adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • romanse noun (intimate relationship, love affair)
  • romanse noun (story or novel dealing with idealized love)
  • romanse noun (music: sentimental piece of music)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • romansk adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • romanse noun (intimate relationship, love affair)
  • romanse noun (story or novel dealing with idealized love)
  • romanse noun (music: sentimental piece of music)

Occitan

1 entries
  • romanic adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)

Polish

4 entries
  • romański adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • romans noun (intimate relationship, love affair)
  • romans noun (story or novel dealing with idealized love)
  • romans noun (music: sentimental piece of music)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • românico adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • romance noun (intimate relationship, love affair)

Romanian

1 entries
  • romanic adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)

Russian

4 entries
  • лати́нский adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • рома́нский adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • рома́н noun (intimate relationship, love affair)
  • рома́н noun (idealized love)

Scots

1 entries
  • Romance adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)

Slovak

1 entries
  • románsky adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)

Slovene

1 entries
  • romanski adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)

Spanish

4 entries
  • romance adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • románico adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • idiomas románicos / romances noun (group of languages and cultures which are derived from Vulgar Latin)
  • lenguas románicas / romances noun (group of languages and cultures which are derived from Vulgar Latin)

Swedish

2 entries
  • romansk adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • kärleksroman noun (story or novel dealing with idealized love)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • romansa noun (intimate relationship, love affair)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • འཆར་ཡན་རོལ་དབྱངས noun (music: sentimental piece of music)

Turkish

1 entries
  • romans noun (intimate relationship, love affair)

Tuvan

1 entries
  • романс noun (music: sentimental piece of music)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • рома́нський adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • рома́н noun (intimate relationship, love affair)
  • рома́нс noun (music: sentimental piece of music)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • Rôman adj (of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin)
  • lãng mạn noun (intimate relationship, love affair)
  • lãng mạn noun (idealized love)

Yakut

1 entries
  • романс noun (music: sentimental piece of music)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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His romance was the talk of the town.

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"It's the age of BL!" "Bee el?" "Yup, Boys' Love. Books and such dealing with romance between boys."

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God, so atrocious in the Old Testament, so attractive in the New - the Jekyl and Hyde of sacred romance.

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At this rate, even independent film will never reach a true understanding of romance and relationships, so to hell with the movies, let's have dinner.

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