romance

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. novel, love story; exaggeration, fiction, tall story; love affair, gest, fantasy. See description, imagination, falsehood.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Experiences that excite the imagination]

Syn. fancy, fantasy, the picturesque, adventure, excitement, love, passion, Romanticism, idealization, allure, fascination, enchantment, exoticism, glamour, thrill, daring enterprise, bold venture.

2. [A love affair]

Syn. affair, courtship, amour; see affair 2 , love 1 .

3. [A tale of love and adventure]

Syn. novel, Romantic novel, fiction, love story, historical Romance, Gothic novel, bodice-ripper, picaresque tale, adventure story, ballad, lyric tale, metrical Romance, Arthurian Romance, chanson de geste (French), romaunt; see also story .

modif. Romance

Syn. Romanic, Latinic, Latin, Italic; see French 2 , Italian , Spanish. Languages descended from Latin include: Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, Provençal, Rhaeto-Romanic, Italian, French, Romansh.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. love affair relationship, *fling, liasion, amour, pair bonding, *affaire d'amour, courtship.

2. love story novel, melodrama, *bodice-ripper, story, fantasy, fairy tale, fiction, epic.

3. adventure love, excitement, glamour, fantasy, exoticism, mystery.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. An intimate sexual relationship between two people: affair, amour, love, love affair. See LOVE, SEX. 2. The passionate affection and desire felt by lovers for each other: amorousness, fancy, love, passion. See LOVE, SEX. 3. A strong, enthusiastic liking for something: love, love affair, passion. See LOVE. II verb Informal. To attempt to gain the affection of: court, pursue, spark2, woo. See SEEK, SEX.