Synonyms for love
Another word for love is passion, baby or dear. Below are 41 synonyms and 30 related words across 10 senses, with antonyms.
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1. noun: a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
Antonyms
- hate
2. noun: any object of warm affection or devotion
- passion synonyms
3. noun: a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
- baby synonyms
- dear synonyms
- honey synonyms
- beloved synonyms
- darling synonyms
- sweetheart synonyms
- sweetie synonyms
- dearest synonyms
- dearie
- deary
4. noun: a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction
- sexual love
- erotic love
5. noun: a score of zero in tennis or squash
6. noun: sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people
- love life
- making love
- sexual love
- lovemaking
7. verb: have a great affection or liking for
Antonyms
- hate
8. verb: get pleasure from
- enjoy synonyms
9. verb: be enamored or in love with
10. verb: have sexual intercourse with
- do it synonyms
- get it on synonyms
- know synonyms
- make out synonyms
- have it off synonyms
- make love synonyms
- have it away synonyms
- fuck
- have sex synonyms
- bed synonyms
- sleep with synonyms
- sleep together synonyms
- lie with synonyms
- get laid synonyms
- bang synonyms
- jazz synonyms
- screw synonyms
- be intimate synonyms
- roll in the hay synonyms
- have intercourse synonyms
- eff synonyms
- hump synonyms
- bonk
- neck synonyms
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- worship synonyms
- caring
- emotion
- loyalty synonyms
- crush synonyms
- puppy love
- devotion synonyms
- calf love
- adoration synonyms
- infatuation
- benevolence
- agape
- agape love
- filial love
- heartstrings
- object synonyms
- lover synonyms
- sexual desire
- physical attraction
- eros
- concupiscence
- score synonyms
- sex
- sex activity
- sexual practice
- sexual activity
- feel synonyms
- care for
- experience synonyms
- hold dear
Love in word games
- Letters
- 4
- Scrabble
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- How common
- Everyday word
- Unscramble LOVE
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Questions people ask
What is another word for love?
You can say passion, baby, dear, honey or beloved instead of love. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "a strong positive emotion of regard and affection".
What is the opposite of love?
The opposite of love is hate.
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