I love you.
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Love
/lʌv/
Synonyms for "love" (440 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (88)
accordaccordanceadmirationadmireadorationadoreadulateadulationaffairaffectionaffinityagapeagreementaim atallegiancealtruismamiabilityamiablenessamicabilityamicableness
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amityamoramorousnessamourangelangeraphroditeappetiteappreciateardencyardorastarteattachmentattractionbabebabybaby-dollbangbaskbask inbe all heartbe desirous ofbe fond ofbe partial tobe pleased withbeaubelovedbeloved objectbeneficencebenevolencebenevolent dispositionbenevolentnessbentbenthamismbest lovebest regardsbest wishesbetrothedbigheartednessbomfogbonds of harmonybonkboyfriendbrotherhoodbrotherly loveburn with lovebuttercupcardinal virtuescarecare for
Adjective(1 words)
Interjection(1 words)
Strong matches (132)
Verb(14 words)
caresscaritascarnalitycement of friendshipcharitablenesscharitycherishcherubchickchickabiddychoosechristian charitychristian lovecoldnesscommunioncommunitycommunity of interestscompatibilitycomplimentsconcern
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concordconcordancecongenialitycorrespondencecossetcrushcuddlecupiddandledarlingdeardear onedearly beloveddearydeifydeitydelightdelight inderive pleasure fromdesideratedesiredevoirsdevotiondevourdispositiondo-goodismdolldotedote ondote uponduckducklingeat upegardsembraceemotionempathyenjoinenjoyenjoymententhusiasmerosespritesprit de corpsesteemexaltexcitementfaithfancyfavorfealtyfeast onfeeling of identityfellowfellow feelingfellowshipfervorfiancefianceefidelityflamefleshfleshlinessflower powerfondlefondnessfortitudefreak outfreak out onfree lovefreyafrictionlessnessfriendlinessfriendshipfrigidityfuckgenerosityget high ongirlgivinggloat overgo forgodgoddessgood vibesgood vibrationsgood wishes
Related words (220)
goodwillgracegreatheartednessgreetingsgroove ongustgustoguyhappy familyharmonyhatehave a mind tohave deep feelingshave designs onhave eyes forhave it badhave sexheartheartthrobhero worship
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hold dearhonhoneyhoney bunchhoney childhopehumanitarianismhumpidentityidolatryidolizationidolizeimpotenceinamoratainamoratoinclinationindulgeindulge ininfatuationintendedintriguejusticekamakind regardskindest regardskindnesskinshipknowlamblambkinlargeheartednessleaningliaisonlibidolight of lovelikelike-mindednesslikeslikinglove affairlove of mankindloved onelovemakingloverloyaltylustlust afterluxuriateluxuriate inmake outmanmaniamarriagematemutualitynatural virtuesneckneighborlikenessneighborlinessonenessparagonpartialitypassionpeacepeaceablenesspetpetkinsphilanthropismphilanthropypietyplatonic lovepleasurepopularitypotencypreciousprecious heartpredilectionpreferpreferenceprizeproclivityprudencerapportrapprochementrapturereciprocityregardregardsrejoicerejoice inrelationshiprelishremembranceremembrancesrespectsrevelrevel inrevereriot inromancesavorscrewsensualitysentimentsexsex drivesexinesssexual desiresexual instinctsexual urgesexualismsexualitysharingshinesisterhoodsmack the lipssnookumssociabilitysolicitudesolidaritysugarsuitorsupernatural virtuesswainsweetsweetheartsweetiesweetkinssweetsswim insympathysymphonytaketake pleasure intake totallytasteteam spirittemperancetendernesstheological virtuesthingtreasuretrueloveturtledoveunderstandingunhostilityunionunisonunityutilitarianismvalueveneratevenusvoluptuousnesswallow inwantwarmthwayweaknesswelfarismwell-affectednesswell-belovedwell-disposednesswishwish to goodnesswish very muchwomanworshipwould fain doyearningyoung manzeal
Verb(15 words)
Noun(12 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: passion, sleep with, accord, accordance, admiration.
- admire: 'Admire' is more distant and respectful, you can admire someone without any intimacy. It's about esteem.
- Sentence evidence is available for love, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, wiktionary, moby, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "love".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "love"
Keep "love" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "love" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "love", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "love" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
How these synonyms differ
- admire - 'Admire' is more distant and respectful, you can admire someone without any intimacy. It's about esteem.
- adore - 'Adore' is more intense and often carries a note of worship or devotion, it implies looking up to something.
- cherish - 'Cherish' emphasizes treasuring and protecting, you cherish memories, relationships, and possessions you hold dear.
- treasure - 'Treasure' implies something rare and precious, you treasure what you're afraid of losing.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
More specific
15 entriesCollocations
8 entriesfamilial lovelove affairlove letterlove of learningplatonic loveromantic loveself loveunconditional love
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
6 entriesAntonyms
2 entriessimilar
2 entriesmake outneck
Translations
399 translations across 244 languages.
Adyghe
1 entries- шӏу лъэгъун noun (strong affection)
Afrikaans
1 entries- liefde noun (strong affection)
Ahom
1 entries- 𑜍𑜀𑜫 noun (strong affection)
Albanian
1 entries- dashuri noun (strong affection)
Amharic
2 entries- መውደድ noun (strong affection)
- ፍቅር noun (strong affection)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- στοργή noun (strong affection)
- φιλία noun (strong affection)
- ἀγάπη noun (strong affection)
- ἔρως noun (strong affection)
Arabic
4 entries- حب noun (strong affection)
- حب noun (strong affection)
- حب noun (strong affection)
- حب noun (strong affection)
Aragonese
1 entries- aimor noun (strong affection)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܚܘܒܐ noun (strong affection)
Armenian
1 entries- սեր noun (strong affection)
Aromanian
4 entries- agapi noun (strong affection)
- sivdã noun (strong affection)
- vreare noun (strong affection)
- vreari noun (strong affection)
Assamese
2 entries- চেনেহ noun (strong affection)
- মৰম noun (strong affection)
Asturian
1 entries- amor noun (strong affection)
Aymara
1 entries- amawaña noun (strong affection)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- eşq noun (strong affection)
- məhəbbət noun (strong affection)
- sevgi noun (strong affection)
Bala
1 entries- 孩拉米 noun (strong affection)
Balinese
1 entries- tresna noun (strong affection)
Bangi
1 entries- bolingo noun (strong affection)
Bashkir
2 entries- мөхәббәт noun (strong affection)
- һөйөү noun (strong affection)
Basque
2 entries- amodio noun (strong affection)
- maitasun noun (strong affection)
Bavarian German
1 entries- Liab noun (strong affection)
Belarusian
2 entries- каха́нне noun (strong affection)
- любо́ў noun (strong affection)
Bengali
2 entries- ভালোবাসা noun (strong affection)
- মহব্বত noun (strong affection)
Bikol Central
1 entries- pagkamoot noun (strong affection)
Breton
1 entries- karantez noun (strong affection)
Bulgarian
2 entries- любо́в noun (strong affection)
- о́бич noun (strong affection)
Burmese
2 entries- မေတ္တာ noun (strong affection)
- အချစ် noun (strong affection)
Buryat
1 entries- дуран noun (strong affection)
Campidanese Sardinian
1 entries- amóri noun (strong affection)
Carpathian Rusyn
2 entries- ла́ска noun (strong affection)
- любо́в noun (strong affection)
Catalan
1 entries- amor noun (strong affection)
Cebuano
1 entries- gugma noun (strong affection)
Central Atlas Tamazight
1 entries- ⵜⴰⵢⵔⵉ noun (strong affection)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏥᎨᏳᎢ noun (strong affection)
Chinese
4 entries- нэ noun (strong affection)
- 情愛 /情爱 noun (strong affection)
- 愛 /爱 noun (strong affection)
- 愛情 /爱情 noun (strong affection)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 愛 /爱 noun (strong affection)
- 愛情 /爱情 noun (strong affection)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 愛 /爱 noun (strong affection)
- 愛情 /爱情 noun (strong affection)
Church Slavic
2 entries- любꙑ noun (strong affection)
- ⰾⱓⰱⱏⰺ noun (strong affection)
Chuvash
1 entries- юрату noun (strong affection)
Cornish
1 entries- kerensa noun (strong affection)
Corsican
2 entries- amore noun (strong affection)
- amori noun (strong affection)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- süygü noun (strong affection)
Czech
1 entries- láska noun (strong affection)
Dalmatian
1 entries- amaur noun (strong affection)
Danish
1 entries- kærlighed noun (strong affection)
Dargwa
1 entries- дигай noun (strong affection)
Dari
4 entries- عِشْق noun (strong affection)
- مَحَبَّت noun (strong affection)
- مُحَبَّت noun (strong affection)
- مِهْر noun (strong affection)
Dhivehi
1 entries- ލޯބި noun (strong affection)
Dolgan
1 entries- бага noun (strong affection)
Duala
1 entries- ndolo noun (strong affection)
Dutch
1 entries- liefde noun (strong affection)
Eastern Min Chinese
3 entries- 愛 /爱 noun (strong affection)
- 愛 /爱 noun (strong affection)
- 愛情 /爱情 noun (strong affection)
Egyptian
1 entries- U7:r-w&t-A2 noun (strong affection)
Elfdalian
1 entries- tjärliek noun (strong affection)
Erzya
1 entries- вечкема noun (strong affection)
Esperanto
4 entries- amo noun (strong affection)
- amsento noun (strong affection)
- kareco noun (strong affection)
- korinklino noun (strong affection)
Estonian
1 entries- armastus noun (strong affection)
Ewe
1 entries- lɔlɔ̃ noun (strong affection)
Farefare
1 entries- nõŋlʋm class 14 noun (strong affection)
Faroese
2 entries- kærleiki noun (strong affection)
- ást noun (strong affection)
Finnish
1 entries- rakkaus noun (strong affection)
French
1 entries- amour noun (strong affection)
Friulian
1 entries- amôr noun (strong affection)
Gagauz
1 entries- sevgi noun (strong affection)
Galician
1 entries- amor noun (strong affection)
Gallurese
1 entries- amóri noun (strong affection)
Gan Chinese
1 entries- 愛 /爱 noun (strong affection)
Georgian
1 entries- სიყვარული noun (strong affection)
German
4 entries- Liebe noun (strong affection)
- Liebe noun (strong affection)
- Liebi noun (strong affection)
- Liäbi noun (strong affection)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌸𐍅𐌰 noun (strong affection)
Greek
2 entries- έρωτας noun (strong affection)
- αγάπη noun (strong affection)
Greenlandic
1 entries- asanninneq noun (strong affection)
Gujarati
1 entries- પ્રેમ noun (strong affection)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- renmen noun (strong affection)
Hakka Chinese
2 entries- 愛 /爱 noun (strong affection)
- 愛 /爱 noun (strong affection)
Hausa
1 entries- ƙauna noun (strong affection)
Hawaiian
1 entries- aloha noun (strong affection)
Hebrew
1 entries- אַהֲבָה noun (strong affection)
Hiligaynon
1 entries- higugma noun (strong affection)
Hindi
4 entries- अनुराग noun (strong affection)
- इष्ट noun (strong affection)
- प्यार noun (strong affection)
- प्रीति noun (strong affection)
Hiri Motu
1 entries- lalokau noun (strong affection)
Hittite
1 entries- 𒀀𒀸𒅆𒅀𒋻 noun (strong affection)
Hungarian
2 entries- szerelem noun (strong affection)
- szeretet noun (strong affection)
Hunsrik
1 entries- Lieb noun (strong affection)
Icelandic
3 entries- elska noun (strong affection)
- kærleikur noun (strong affection)
- ást noun (strong affection)
Ido
1 entries- amo noun (strong affection)
Ilocano
1 entries- ayat noun (strong affection)
Indonesian
2 entries- cinta noun (strong affection)
- suka noun (strong affection)
Ingrian
2 entries- rakkaus noun (strong affection)
- suvvaamiin noun (strong affection)
Interlingua
1 entries- amor noun (strong affection)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- عِشْق noun (strong affection)
- مَحَبَّت noun (strong affection)
- مُحَبَّت noun (strong affection)
- مِهْر noun (strong affection)
Irish
2 entries- armacas noun (strong affection)
- grá noun (strong affection)
Italian
1 entries- amore noun (strong affection)
Ivatan
1 entries- addaw noun (strong affection)
Japanese
3 entries- 愛 noun (strong affection)
- 愛好 noun (strong affection)
- 愛情 noun (strong affection)
Javanese
3 entries- cinta (cinta) noun (strong affection)
- katresnan (katresnan) noun (strong affection)
- tresna noun (strong affection)
Jeju
1 entries- ᄉᆞ랑 noun (strong affection)
Jin Chinese
1 entries- 愛 /爱 noun (strong affection)
Kamba
1 entries- wendo noun (strong affection)
Kannada
1 entries- ಪ್ರೀತಿ noun (strong affection)
Kapampangan
4 entries- buri noun (strong affection)
- ibug noun (strong affection)
- irug noun (strong affection)
- lugud noun (strong affection)
Karachay-Balkar
1 entries- сюймеклик noun (strong affection)
Kazakh
3 entries- махаббат noun (strong affection)
- сүйіс noun (strong affection)
- ғашықтық noun (strong affection)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- ājūjīe noun (strong affection)
Khmer
2 entries- សេចក្ដីស្រឡាញ់ noun (strong affection)
- ស្នេហា noun (strong affection)
Kikuyu
1 entries- wendo noun (strong affection)
Korean
2 entries- 사랑 noun (strong affection)
- 애정 noun (strong affection)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- махабат noun (strong affection)
- сүйүш noun (strong affection)
- сүйүү noun (strong affection)
Lao
1 entries- ຄວາມຮັກ noun (strong affection)
Latgalian
2 entries- mīla noun (strong affection)
- mīleiba noun (strong affection)
Latin
2 entries- amor noun (strong affection)
- cāritās noun (strong affection)
Latvian
2 entries- mīla noun (strong affection)
- mīlestība noun (strong affection)
Laz
1 entries- ოროფა noun (strong affection)
Ligurian
1 entries- amù noun (strong affection)
Limburgish
1 entries- leefde noun (strong affection)
Lingala
2 entries- bolingo noun (strong affection)
- lolango noun (strong affection)
Lithuanian
1 entries- meilė noun (strong affection)
Livonian
2 entries- arm noun (strong affection)
- ārmaztimi noun (strong affection)
Lombard
1 entries- amór noun (strong affection)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- lubosć noun (strong affection)
Luganda
1 entries- omukwaano noun (strong affection)
Luhya
1 entries- vuyanzi noun (strong affection)
Lutuv
1 entries- duena noun (strong affection)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Léift noun (strong affection)
Macedonian
1 entries- љубов noun (strong affection)
Maguindanao
1 entries- kasih noun (strong affection)
Malay
2 entries- cinta noun (strong affection)
- sayang noun (strong affection)
Malayalam
3 entries- ഇഷ്ടം noun (strong affection)
- പ്രേമം noun (strong affection)
- സ്നേഹം noun (strong affection)
Maltese
1 entries- mħabba noun (strong affection)
Manx
1 entries- graih noun (strong affection)
Maranao
1 entries- kasi noun (strong affection)
Marathi
2 entries- प्रीति noun (strong affection)
- प्रेम noun (strong affection)
Meru
1 entries- wendo noun (strong affection)
Meänkieli
1 entries- rakhaus noun (strong affection)
Middle Dutch
1 entries- minne noun (strong affection)
Middle English
1 entries- love noun (strong affection)
Mingrelian
1 entries- ჸოროფა noun (strong affection)
Mirandese
1 entries- amor noun (strong affection)
Mizo
1 entries- hmangaihna noun (strong affection)
Mongo
1 entries- lolango noun (strong affection)
Mongolian
4 entries- дур хүсэл noun (strong affection)
- хайр noun (strong affection)
- ᠬᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠ noun (strong affection)
- ᠳᠤᠷᠠ ᠬᠦᠰᠡᠯ noun (strong affection)
Motu
1 entries- lalokau noun (strong affection)
Mozarabic
1 entries- אמורי noun (strong affection)
Māori
1 entries- aroha noun (strong affection)
Naga Pidgin
1 entries- morom noun (strong affection)
Nahuatl
2 entries- tlasojtlalistli noun (strong affection)
- tlazohtlaliztli noun (strong affection)
Nanticoke
1 entries- quámmősch noun (strong affection)
Navajo
1 entries- ayóóʼóʼóʼní noun (strong affection)
Nepali
1 entries- माया noun (strong affection)
Norman
1 entries- amour noun (strong affection)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- dildarî noun (strong affection)
- evîn noun (strong affection)
- evînî noun (strong affection)
- eşq noun (strong affection)
Northern Mansi
1 entries- э̄руптаӈкве noun (strong affection)
Northern Min Chinese
1 entries- 愛 /爱 noun (strong affection)
Northern Sami
1 entries- ráhkisvuohta noun (strong affection)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- elsk noun (strong affection)
- kjærleik noun (strong affection)
- kjærlighet noun (strong affection)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- elsk noun (strong affection)
- kjærleik noun (strong affection)
- åst noun (strong affection)
Occitan
1 entries- amor noun (strong affection)
Odia
1 entries- ପ୍ରେମ noun (strong affection)
Ojibwe
1 entries- zaagi'idiwin noun (strong affection)
Okinawan
1 entries- なさき noun (strong affection)
Old English
1 entries- lufu noun (strong affection)
Old Javanese
1 entries- tṛṣṇa noun (strong affection)
Old Occitan
1 entries- amor noun (strong affection)
Old Prussian
1 entries- mīli noun (strong affection)
Old Tupi
2 entries- aûsuba class IIa noun (strong affection)
- îoaûsuba noun (strong affection)
Ossetian
1 entries- уарзондзинад noun (strong affection)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- سوكی noun (strong affection)
- محبت noun (strong affection)
Pannonian Rusyn
2 entries- любов noun (strong affection)
- любосц noun (strong affection)
Pashto
3 entries- عشق noun (strong affection)
- محبت noun (strong affection)
- مينه noun (strong affection)
Phoenician
1 entries- 𐤇𐤌𐤃𐤕 noun (strong affection)
Piedmontese
1 entries- amor noun (strong affection)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Leew noun (strong affection)
Polish
1 entries- miłość noun (strong affection)
Portuguese
1 entries- amor noun (strong affection)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਪਿਆਰ noun (strong affection)
Quechua
1 entries- khuya noun (strong affection)
Rohingya
2 entries- ador noun (strong affection)
- mohábboth noun (strong affection)
Romagnol
1 entries- amôr noun (strong affection)
Romanian
3 entries- amor noun (strong affection)
- dragoste noun (strong affection)
- iubire noun (strong affection)
Romansch
1 entries- charezza noun (strong affection)
Russian
1 entries- любо́вь noun (strong affection)
Rwanda-Rundi
1 entries- urukundo (uru-kūndo) noun (strong affection)
Samoan
1 entries- alofa noun (strong affection)
Sanskrit
2 entries- अनुराग noun (strong affection)
- प्रेमन् noun (strong affection)
Sardinian
1 entries- ameddu noun (strong affection)
Sassarese
1 entries- amóri noun (strong affection)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- gaol noun (strong affection)
- gràdh noun (strong affection)
- rùn noun (strong affection)
- spèis noun (strong affection)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ljúbav noun (strong affection)
- љу́бав noun (strong affection)
Shor
1 entries- кӧлениш noun (strong affection)
Sicilian
1 entries- amuri noun (strong affection)
Sindhi
4 entries- عشق noun (strong affection)
- لَنو noun (strong affection)
- محبت noun (strong affection)
- پیار noun (strong affection)
Sinhalese
1 entries- ආදරය noun (strong affection)
Slovak
1 entries- láska noun (strong affection)
Slovene
1 entries- ljubezen noun (strong affection)
Somali
1 entries- jacayl noun (strong affection)
Southern Altai
2 entries- сӱӱм noun (strong affection)
- сӱӱш noun (strong affection)
Spanish
1 entries- amor noun (strong affection)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- lobi noun (strong affection)
Sudanese Arabic
2 entries- حب noun (strong affection)
- ريدة noun (strong affection)
Sumerian
1 entries- 𒀀𒊏𒄠𒈬 noun (strong affection)
Sundanese
3 entries- asih noun (strong affection)
- deudeuh noun (strong affection)
- nya'ah noun (strong affection)
Swahili
1 entries- upendo noun (strong affection)
Swazi
1 entries- lutsandvo noun (strong affection)
Swedish
1 entries- kärlek noun (strong affection)
Sylheti
1 entries- ꠝꠣꠄꠣ noun (strong affection)
Tagalog
2 entries- pag-ibig noun (strong affection)
- pagmamahal noun (strong affection)
Tahitian
1 entries- aroha noun (strong affection)
Tajik
3 entries- ишқ noun (strong affection)
- меҳр noun (strong affection)
- муҳаббат noun (strong affection)
Tamil
4 entries- அன்பு noun (strong affection)
- நேசம் noun (strong affection)
- பரிவு noun (strong affection)
- பாசம் noun (strong affection)
Tatar
1 entries- ярату noun (strong affection)
Telugu
1 entries- ప్రేమ noun (strong affection)
Tetum
1 entries- domin noun (strong affection)
Thai
1 entries- ความรัก noun (strong affection)
Tibetan
1 entries- བརྩེ་དུང noun (strong affection)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ፍቕሪ noun (strong affection)
Tocharian A
1 entries- tunk noun (strong affection)
Tocharian B
2 entries- larauñe noun (strong affection)
- tankw noun (strong affection)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- lav noun (strong affection)
Turkish
4 entries- aşk noun (strong affection)
- emre noun (strong affection)
- muhabbet noun (strong affection)
- sevgi noun (strong affection)
Turkmen
2 entries- söýgi noun (strong affection)
- yşk noun (strong affection)
Tuvan
1 entries- ынакшыл noun (strong affection)
Udmurt
1 entries- яратон noun (strong affection)
Ukrainian
2 entries- коха́ння noun (strong affection)
- любо́в noun (strong affection)
Unami
1 entries- aholtëwakàn noun (strong affection)
Urdu
4 entries- عِشْق noun (strong affection)
- مُحَبَّت noun (strong affection)
- پْریم noun (strong affection)
- پْیار noun (strong affection)
Uyghur
3 entries- ئاشىق noun (strong affection)
- ئاشىقلىق noun (strong affection)
- مۇھەببەت noun (strong affection)
Uzbek
4 entries- ishq noun (strong affection)
- mehr noun (strong affection)
- muhabbat noun (strong affection)
- sevgi noun (strong affection)
Vietnamese
2 entries- tình yêu noun (strong affection)
- ái tình noun (strong affection)
Volapük
3 entries- lelöf noun (strong affection)
- löf noun (strong affection)
- löfil noun (strong affection)
Walloon
2 entries- amor noun (strong affection)
- amour noun (strong affection)
Welsh
1 entries- cariad noun (strong affection)
West-Frisian
1 entries- leafde noun (strong affection)
White Hmong
1 entries- txoj kev hlub noun (strong affection)
Wolof
1 entries- mbëggeel noun (strong affection)
Wu Chinese
2 entries- 愛 /爱 noun (strong affection)
- 愛情 /爱情 noun (strong affection)
Xhosa
1 entries- uthando noun (strong affection)
Xiang Chinese
1 entries- 愛 /爱 noun (strong affection)
Yakut
1 entries- таптал noun (strong affection)
Yiddish
3 entries- אַהבֿה noun (strong affection)
- ליבע noun (strong affection)
- ליבשאַפֿט noun (strong affection)
Yola
1 entries- loove noun (strong affection)
Yoruba
1 entries- ìfẹ́ noun (strong affection)
Zazaki
3 entries- esq noun (strong affection)
- pêyar noun (strong affection)
- sineg noun (strong affection)
Zhuang
2 entries- aiq noun (strong affection)
- aiqcingz noun (strong affection)
Zulu
1 entries- uthando noun (strong affection)
Sample sentences
54 total sentences available.
They say love is blind.
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Math is like love: a simple idea, but it can get complicated.
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Life without love is just totally pointless.
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Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "love"?
Closest matches include passion, sleep with, accord, accordance, admiration.
How is "admire" different from "love"?
'Admire' is more distant and respectful, you can admire someone without any intimacy. It's about esteem.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "love"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.