ro·mance  /roʊˈmæns/

noun

1. a relationship between two lovers

synset: love_affair, romance

2. an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)

synset: romanticism, romance

3. the group of languages derived from Latin

synset: Romance, Romance_language, Latinian_language

4. a story dealing with love

synset: love_story, romance

5. a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life

synset: romance

verb

1. make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary"

synset: woo, court, romance, solicit

2. have a love affair with

synset: romance

3. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"

synset: chat_up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash

4. tell romantic or exaggerated lies; "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country"

synset: romance

adj

1. relating to languages derived from Latin; "Romance languages"

synset: Romance, Latin

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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