Dictionary entry details
• ROMANCE (noun)
Meaning:
A relationship between two lovers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
love affair; romance
Hypernyms ("romance" is a kind of...):
relationship (a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "romance"):
intrigue (a clandestine love affair)
Meaning:
An exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
romance; romanticism
Hypernyms ("romance" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "romance"):
stardust (a dreamy romantic or sentimental quality)
Meaning:
The group of languages derived from Latin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Latinian language; Romance language; Romance
Hypernyms ("Romance" is a kind of...):
Latin (any dialect of the language of ancient Rome)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Romance"):
Romanian; Rumanian (an eastern Romance language spoken in Romania)
Rhaeto-Romance; Rhaeto-Romanic (Romance dialects spoken in parts of southeastern Switzerland and northern Italy and the Tyrol)
Catalan (the Romance language spoken in Catalonia in eastern Spain (related to Spanish and Occitan))
Spanish (the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain)
Galician (a language spoken in Galicia in northwestern Spain; it is between Portuguese and Spanish but closer to Portuguese; sometimes considered a Portuguese or Spanish dialect)
Portuguese (the Romance language spoken in Portugal and Brazil)
French (the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France)
Italian (the Romance language spoken in Italy)
Haitian Creole (a creole language spoken by most Haitians; based on French and various African languages)
Meaning:
A story dealing with love
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
love story; romance
Hypernyms ("romance" is a kind of...):
story (a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events)
Meaning:
A novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("romance" is a kind of...):
novel (a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "romance"):
Gothic romance (a romance that deals with desolate and mysterious and grotesque events)
bodice ripper (a romantic novel containing scenes in which the heroine is sexually violated)
• ROMANCE (adjective)
Meaning:
Relating to languages derived from Latin
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
Romance; Latin
Context example:
Romance languages
Pertainym:
Romance (the group of languages derived from Latin)
• ROMANCE (verb)
Meaning:
Make amorous advances towards
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
court; romance; solicit; woo
Context example:
John is courting Mary
Hypernyms (to "romance" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "romance"):
chase; chase after (pursue someone sexually or romantically)
display (attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot romance Sue
Meaning:
Have a love affair with
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Hypernyms (to "romance" is one way to...):
love (be enamored or in love with)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot romance Sue
Meaning:
Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
flirt; coquette; coquet; chat up; mash; philander; dally; butterfly; romance
Context examples:
The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries / My husband never flirts with other women
Hypernyms (to "romance" is one way to...):
speak; talk (exchange thoughts; talk with)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "romance"):
wanton (engage in amorous play)
vamp (act seductively with (someone))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Tell romantic or exaggerated lies
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
This author romanced his trip to an exotic country
Hypernyms (to "romance" is one way to...):
lie (tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
