Synonyms for romance
roʊˈmæns, ˈroʊ mænsro·mance

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1. Romanceadjective

   Synonyms:
   Romanic

2. Romanceadjective

   Of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin: as in Portuguese, Italian, French, and Spanish.

   Synonyms:
   Romanic

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1. romance

   A dream is strictly a train of thoughts, fantasies, and images passing through the mind during sleep; a vision may occur when one is awake, and in clear exercise of the senses and mental powers; vision is often applied to something seen by the mind through supernatural agency, whether in sleep or wakefulness, conceived as more real and authoritative than a dream; a trance is an abnormal state, which is different from normal sleep or wakefulness. A reverie is a purposeless drifting of the mind when awake, under the influence of mental images; a day-dream that which passes before the mind in such condition. A fancy is some image presented to the mind, often in the fullest exercise of its powers. Hallucination is the seeming perception of non-existent objects, as in insanity or delirium. In the figurative sense, we speak of dreams of fortune, visions of glory, with little difference of meaning except that the vision is thought of as fuller and more vivid. We speak of a trance of delight when the emotion almost sweeps one away from the normal exercise of the faculties.

   Synonyms:
   day-dream, dream, fancy, fantasy, hallucination, reverie, trance, vision

   Antonyms:
   certainty, fact, reality, realization, substance, verity

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1. romance

   Synonyms:
   fable, fiction, novel, marvel, rhapsody, rodomontade, gasconade, balderdash

   Antonyms:
   history, narrative, truth, fact

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1. love affair, romancenoun

   a relationship between two lovers

   Synonyms:
   love affair, love story, romanticism

2. romanticism, romancenoun

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

   Synonyms:
   love affair, love story, romanticism

3. Romance, Romance language, Latinian languagenoun

   the group of languages derived from Latin

   Synonyms:
   romanticism, love affair, love story

4. love story, romancenoun

   a story dealing with love

   Synonyms:
   love affair, love story, romanticism

5. romanceadjective

   a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life

   Synonyms:
   romanticism, love affair, love story

6. Romance, Latinverb

   relating to languages derived from Latin

   "Romance languages"

7. woo, court, romance, solicitverb

   make amorous advances towards

   "John is courting Mary"

   Synonyms:
   solicit, coquet, accost, court, tap, woo, chat up, philander, butterfly, mash, flirt, beg, coquette, hook, dally

8. romanceverb

   have a love affair with

   Synonyms:
   solicit, coquet, court, woo, chat up, philander, butterfly, mash, flirt, coquette, dally

9. chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mashverb

   talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

   "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"

   Synonyms:
   flirt, crush, womanise, court, squelch, solicit, play, dally, coquette, coquet, butterfly, comminute, dawdle, toy, woo, bray, womanize, grind, squeeze, philander, crunch, mash, chat up, squash, trifle

10. romanceverb

    tell romantic or exaggerated lies

    "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country"

    Synonyms:
    solicit, coquet, court, woo, chat up, philander, butterfly, mash, flirt, coquette, dally

Matched Categories

1. • Latin
   • Lie
   • Love

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1. romancenoun

   Synonyms:
   novel, tale, story, work of fiction

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1. List of paraphrases for "romance":

   romanes, romanticism, romantic, love, ballad, novel, flame

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1. Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde:

   To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance.

2. Oscar Wilde:

   To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

3. Holly Madison:

   There was definitely, like, no romance or seduction or anything like that, the women were surrounding him. I never had casual sex with anybody before. I feel like I was kind of really asexual so maybe I just wasn’t ready for that. It was all very mechanical and robotic and you would kind of follow the other women’s lead.

4. Stacey Abrams:

   The characters and their adventures are what I'd wished to read as a young Black woman -- stories that showcase women of color as nuanced, determined, and exciting, as Selena Montgomery.Berkley and as Stacey, I am proud to be a part of the romance writing community and excited that Berkley is reintroducing these stories for new readers and faithful fans.

5. Raymond Crane:

   A novel without romance is like a car without an engine - love is the fuel.