Love definition

Love as a noun

1. a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

   "his love for his work"

2. any object of warm affection or devotion

   "the theater was her first love"

   Same sense: passion

3. a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

   Same sense: baby, dear, honey, beloved, darling, sweetheart, sweetie, dearest

4. a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction

   "their love left them indifferent to their surroundings"

   Same sense: sexual love, erotic love

5. a score of zero in tennis or squash

   "it was 40 love"

6. sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people

   "his lovemaking disgusted her"

   Same sense: love life, making love, sexual love, lovemaking

Love as a verb

7. have a great affection or liking for

   "I love French food"

8. get pleasure from

   "I love cooking"

   Same sense: enjoy

9. be enamored or in love with

   "She loves her husband deeply"

10. have sexual intercourse with

    Same sense: do it, get it on, know, make out, have it off, make love, have it away, fuck

Synonyms and antonyms

• passion
• baby definition
• dear
• honey
• beloved
• darling
• sweetheart
• sweetie
• dearest
• sexual love
• erotic love
• love life
• making love
• lovemaking
• enjoy definition
• do it
• get it on
• know definition
• make out
• have it off
• make love
• have it away
• fuck

Opposite: hate.

All synonyms of love, sense by sense

How to say love

Love has 1 syllable and rhymes with of. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with love

• of
• above
• thereof
• glove
• dove
• shove
• foxglove
• truelove

LOVE in word games

Scrabble

7

Words With Friends

9

Anagrams

2

Is LOVE a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check LOVE in the word checker, or unscramble LOVE to see its 2 anagrams and the shorter words in its letters.