Below is a massive list of love words — that is, words related to love. The top 4 are: lover, passion, beloved and adore. You can get the definition(s) of a word in the list below by tapping the question-mark icon next to it. The words at the top of the list are the ones most associated with love, and as you go down the relatedness becomes more slight. By default, the words are sorted by relevance/relatedness, but you can also get the most common love terms by using the menu below, and there’s also the option to sort the words alphabetically so you can get love words starting with a particular letter. You can also filter the word list so it only shows words that are also related to another word of your choosing. So for example, you could enter «lover» and click «filter», and it’d give you words that are related to love and lover.
You can highlight the terms by the frequency with which they occur in the written English language using the menu below. The frequency data is extracted from the English Wikipedia corpus, and updated regularly. If you just care about the words’ direct semantic similarity to love, then there’s probably no need for this.
There are already a bunch of websites on the net that help you find synonyms for various words, but only a handful that help you find related, or even loosely associated words. So although you might see some synonyms of love in the list below, many of the words below will have other relationships with love — you could see a word with the exact opposite meaning in the word list, for example. So it’s the sort of list that would be useful for helping you build a love vocabulary list, or just a general love word list for whatever purpose, but it’s not necessarily going to be useful if you’re looking for words that mean the same thing as love (though it still might be handy for that).
If you’re looking for names related to love (e.g. business names, or pet names), this page might help you come up with ideas. The results below obviously aren’t all going to be applicable for the actual name of your pet/blog/startup/etc., but hopefully they get your mind working and help you see the links between various concepts. If your pet/blog/etc. has something to do with love, then it’s obviously a good idea to use concepts or words to do with love.
If you don’t find what you’re looking for in the list below, or if there’s some sort of bug and it’s not displaying love related words, please send me feedback using this page. Thanks for using the site — I hope it is useful to you! 🐺
That’s about all the love related words we’ve got! I hope this list of love terms was useful to you in some way or another. The words down here at the bottom of the list will be in some way associated with love, but perhaps tenuously (if you’ve currenly got it sorted by relevance, that is). If you have any feedback for the site, please share it here, but please note this is only a hobby project, so I may not be able to make regular updates to the site. Have a nice day! 🐊
Below is a list of words related to another word. You can click words for definitions. Sorry if there’s a few unusual suggestions! The algorithm isn’t perfect, but it does a pretty good job for common-ish words. Here’s the list of words that are related to another word:
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As you’ve probably noticed, words related to «term» are listed above. Hopefully the generated list of term related words above suit your needs.
P.S. There are some problems that I’m aware of, but can’t currently fix (because they are out of the scope of this project). The main one is that individual words can have many different senses (meanings), so when you search for a word like mean, the engine doesn’t know which definition you’re referring to («bullies are mean» vs. «what do you mean?», etc.), so consider that your search query for words like term may be a bit ambiguous to the engine in that sense, and the related terms that are returned may reflect this. You might also be wondering: What type of word is ~term~?
Also check out ~term~ words on relatedwords.io for another source of associations.
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Related Words runs on several different algorithms which compete to get their results higher in the list. One such algorithm uses word embedding to convert words into many dimensional vectors which represent their meanings. The vectors of the words in your query are compared to a huge database of of pre-computed vectors to find similar words. Another algorithm crawls through Concept Net to find words which have some meaningful relationship with your query. These algorithms, and several more, are what allows Related Words to give you… related words — rather than just direct synonyms.
As well as finding words related to other words, you can enter phrases and it should give you related words and phrases, so long as the phrase/sentence you entered isn’t too long. You will probably get some weird results every now and then — that’s just the nature of the engine in its current state.
Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source code that was used to bring you this list of term themed words: @Planeshifter, @HubSpot, Concept Net, WordNet, and @mongodb.
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On this page you’ll find 294 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to love, such as: affection, appreciation, devotion, emotion, fondness, and friendship.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is another word for love?
Where do we begin? Love is often classified and categorized in terms of what type of relationship is being discussed, such as with terms like romantic love and platonic love, or with fancier words like eros or agape.
People who love each other romantically are said to be in love. Instantaneous love is called love at first sight.
Love is often described in terms of how serious or deep it is, as in terms like true love and unconditional love, or whether it’s reciprocated, as in unrequited love.
Synonyms for love that can imply varying levels of intensity or intimacy include fondness, affection, devotion, and adoration.
Love is also used as a noun in the sense of a person you love or have loved romantically, as in She was my first love or It’s a story of two loves reunited. The word lover is sometimes used in the same way, but this typically implies a sexual relationship. The word love is also often used in the context of sex in euphemisms like make love.
In more general contexts, we call the people we love loved ones. You might call someone my love as a term of endearment, much like my dear or my darling. Someone who is well loved is often described as beloved.
As a verb, there are a few synonyms that are sometimes used for love, such as adore, admire, cherish, and even treasure. But many words don’t really capture the fullness and depth of what love can mean.
For that, we usually look to the poets.
Among the wisest said that Love is a battlefield. Others have said that Love is all you need (all you need is love). If you’ve been to a lot of weddings, you’ve heard that love is patient, love is kind—love never fails. Shakespeare didn’t say that Love is a many splendored thing, but he did say that Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
Love is a lot of things. Love is a four-letter word. LOVE is a sculpture in Philadelphia (the city of brotherly love—not to be confused with the other City of Love). In tennis, love is nothing. In life, love is everything.
Some people see love as a feeling, an emotion. Others see it as an action. In this sense, perhaps the closest synonym for love is work. That’s what’s meant when it’s said that Love is a verb—love is a doing word.
Sometimes, there’s no other word for it, no better way to say it: love is love.
What is a stronger word for love?
- despise
- dislike
- hate
- not care
- castigate
- condemn
- criticize
- debase
- degrade
- humiliate
- lower
- mock
- abstain
- scorn
- ignore
- let go
- push away
- release
- abstain
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- adoration
- affection
- applause
- appreciation
- approbation
- approval
- deference
- delight
- esteem
- estimation
- favor
- fondness
- glorification
- homage
- honor
- idolatry
- idolization
- liking
- love
- marveling
- obeisance
- pleasure
- praise
- prizing
- recognition
- regard
- reverence
- valuing
- veneration
- wonder
- wonderment
- worship
- affaire
- amour
- carrying-on
- extracurricular activity
- fling
- goings-on
- hanky-panky
- intimacy
- intrigue
- liaison
- love
- playing around
- relationship
- rendezvous
- romance
- thing together
- two-timing
- amore
- ardor
- attachment
- care
- case
- closeness
- concern
- crush
- desire
- devotion
- emotion
- endearment
- feeling
- friendliness
- friendship
- good will
- hankering
- heart
- inclination
- itch
- kindness
- liking
- love
- passion
- predilection
- propensity
- puppy love
- regard
- sentiment
- shine
- soft spot
- solicitude
- tenderness
- warmth
- weakness
- yen
- affection
- farewell
- goodbye
- hello
- love
- salutation
- appetite
- ardor
- aspiration
- avidity
- craving
- desire
- drive
- eagerness
- earnestness
- emulation
- energy
- enterprise
- enthusiasm
- fire in belly
- get up and go
- hankering
- hope
- hunger
- initiative
- itch
- keenness
- longing
- love
- lust
- moxie
- passion
- pretension
- push
- right stuff
- spirit
- striving
- thirst
- vigor
- yearning
- zeal
- appetites
- ardors
- aspirations
- avidities
- cravings
- desires
- drives
- eagerness
- earnestness
- emulations
- energies
- enterprises
- enthusiasms
- fire in bellies
- get up and gos
- hankerings
- hopes
- hunger
- initiatives
- itches
- keenness
- longings
- loves
- lust
- moxies
- passions
- pretensions
- pushes
- right stuffs
- spirits
- strivings
- thirsts
- vigor
- yearnings
- zeal
Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
1
as in to value
to hold dear
patriots who loved their country well enough to die for it
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2
as in to adore
to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for
a husband who loves his wife more than anything
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3
as in to enjoy
to take pleasure in
I love playing Frisbee in the summer rain
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4
as in to caress
to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner
the baby responded to my caresses and kisses by loving me right back
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as in affection
a feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someone
her love for her children was truly selfless
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as in darling
a person with whom one is in love
she is the love of my life
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as in like
positive regard for something
a love of chocolate, which I will pay anything to indulge
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4
as in fling
a brief romantic relationship
he refused to discuss past loves
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“Love.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/love. Accessed 14 Apr. 2023.
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