Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "love" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

detest hate hate hate indifference loathe war

Typical Location

family marriage relatives house

Capable Of

bring joy change people greatly cloud mind cloud one's vision cost emotion cost nothing create and destroy destroy fix many problems give hope hurt last forever last life time last with effort make better person separate friends surprise enemy

Causes

deaths do stupid things having sex marriage pain pain and suffering

Causes Desire

buy for loved one buy presents buy presents for others cook meal do sex entertain feed family flirt forgive get give gift hear singing kiss lie live live life make friends meet friend obstruct justice paint please parents procreate propose to woman reproduce sing take oath talk to talk with far away wait for

Coordinate Terms

like unlike

Defined As

greatest thing human can do opposite of hate reason for all existence reason why life exists single greatest force in universe strongest feeling there

Derived Terms

God love someone I have to love you and leave you I love you I'm in love with you Lord love a duck Lord love you Love County Persian love Queen of Love all is fair in love and war all's fair in love and war all-loving antilove apple of love arrow of love belove boy's love boylove boys' love brotherly love calf love castle of love cat's love childlove courtly love cupboard love cyberlove declaration of love do you love me everything is fair in love and war face only a mother could love face that only a mother could love fall in love fall out of love falling in love first love for love nor money for love or money for the love of for the love of Betsy for the love of Christ for the love of God for the love of Goddess for the love of Mike for the love of all that is good for the love of all that is holy for the love of fuck for the love of me for the love of shit for the love of the game forelove free love girllove hate the sin but love the sinner in love in love with instalove labor of love labour of love lack-love lad's love lady love ladylove law of love leaflove light o' love light-o'-love lots of love lovability love a duck love affair love apple love at first sight love away love bead love bird love bite love boat love bomb love bombing love box love bug love button love buzz love canal love cannot be forced love charm love child love conquers all love curl love custard love cycle love darg love dart love doll love dove love draught love drug love egg love feast love game love glove love goggles love grass love handle love heart love hold love hole love hotel love in a mist love in a puff love interest love is blind love is love love it or lump it love jihad love jones love jug love juice love knot love language love letter love life love lips love lock love lotion love machine love making love manual love marriage love match love mound love muscle love nest love nut love of one's life love offering love on love orgy love padlock love philtre love pill love pillow love play love pocket love polygon love potion love powder love pump love quadrangle love rat love recipe love rectangle love rose love sausage love scam love scene love script love seat love slave love song love spoon love spud love spuds love stick love story love swing love tap love team love the sinner but hate the sin love token love tonic love tool love toy love triangle love truncheon love tunnel love up love vine love wand love ya love you love-aholic love-bead love-bite love-bomb love-bombing love-child love-feat love-hair love-handled love-hate love-hatred love-in love-in-a-mist love-in-idleness love-in-winter love-lies-bleeding love-light love-lock love-making love-match love-shy love-shyness love-struck love-tap love-worthiness loveaholic lovebead lovebird lovebite lovebot lovebud lovebug lovebunny lovechild loved-up loveday lovedom lovee lovefest loveful lovekin lovekins loveless lovelight lovelike loveling lovelock lovelore lovelorn lovely lovemaker lovemap lovemark lovemate lovemobile lovemonger loveness lovepat lover lovertine loveseat loveship lovesick lovesome lovestone lovetap loveteam loveworthy lovey-dovey lovie loving kindness lovish loyal love make love make love to the camera mislove money-love motherlove no glove no love no love lost nonlove obsessive love disorder only a mother could love outlove overlove parental love physical love platonic love play for love progressive love puppy love relove self-love self-loving sisterly love soul-love the course of true love never did run smooth the love of money is the root of all evil tough love tough-love tree of love true love true-love knot true-love-knot truelove tug of love tunnel of love unlove unrequited love what's not to love zouk love

Derived From

life

Desires

live

Distinct From

hate

Etymologically Related To

lofe

Context

british euphemistic racquet sports uk

Prerequisites

hard work

Has Property

blind common between men and women contagious eternal if real love more than sex painful wonderful and frightening

Subevents

cherish other being feel empathy for experience kind to kiss

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

affect concupiscence copulate couple desire emotion eros experience feel like lover mate object pair physical attraction score sex sex activity sexual activity sexual desire sexual practice

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

worship the ground someone walks on

Type Of (IsA)

abstract concept affection all need another word for god aphrodisiac attachment attachment between people beautiful thing bond both effective and affective emotion emotion between people endearing phrase endering phrase eurovision song contest entry feeling forever good feeling hormones gone haywire intangible thing magic most beautiful emotion object personal individual emotion powerful emotion responsibility score sexual desire soccer player strong emotion stronger than fear sweet pastime television show very little understood emotion wonderful emotion wonderful feeling

Manner Of

like

Not Has Property

expressed by verbal abuse

Part Of

life living

Receives Action

abused expressed through wedding

Related Terms

charity fall in love lov luv revere wuv

Related Terms

admiration adoration adore adoring affection affection emotion affectionate affectionate emotion all around amorous amorous feeling amour and peace around attraction bees being beloved benevolent big big like birds birds bees bliss care caring caring for charity chick chick flicks clematis vitalba climb comedies commend concern couples cupid darling day dedicated deep deep affection deep emotion deep feeling delight desire emotion emotion heart emotional emotions enthusiasm eros expression extreme extreme fondness falling falling in feeling feeling emotion feeling kind feelings felt films flicks fondness good good feeling great great admiration great like happy hate heart heart felt heartfelt heartfelt feeling hearts hearts kisses human human emotion human feeling in love infatuation intense intense affection intense feeling intense like kentucky kind kisses like like lots like much liking liking someone lots lov love affair lust luv make love many splendor marriage material much much like newlyweds passion passionate passionate emotion peace people personification plant pleasant pleasant emotion praise price prize really really like red red hearts relationship romance romantic romantic comedies romantic feeling sex silk smooch someone special special feeling splendor spouse strong strong affection strong emotion strong like strong liking stronger stronger like strongest strongest affection sweetheart thrive two two people usually usually red valentine valentines valentines day value wedding wedding feeling well being worship wuv you zero

Similar Terms

make out neck

Synonym Network

baby beloved darling mate roll in hay sexual love sweetheart

Used For

giving making people happy

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.