a relationship between two lovers
[ Syn: love affair ]
an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
[ Syn: romanticism ]
the group of languages derived from Latin
[ Syn: romance , romance language , latinian language ]
a story dealing with love
[ Syn: love story ]
a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
romance (n.)
make amorous advances towards; John is courting Mary
have a love affair with
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries; My husband never flirts with other women
[ Syn: chat up , flirt , dally , butterfly , coquet , coquette , philander , mash ]
tell romantic or exaggerated lies; This author romanced his trip to an exotic country'