Definition:
Noun:
Sexual practice | sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people
Object | any object of warm affection or devotion
Physical attraction | a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction
Emotion | a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
Lover | a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
Score | a score of zero in tennis or squash
Verb:
Couple | have sexual intercourse with
Adore | have a great affection or liking for
Romance | be enamored or in love with
Like | get pleasure from
Word origins
Noun:
Old English | Proto Germanic (First recorded use: 1225 (784 years ago))
Verb:
Old English | Proto Germanic (First recorded use: 1937 (72 years ago))
Synonyms:
Noun:
Sexual practice | love life | lovemaking | making love | sexual love
Object | passion
Physical attraction | erotic love | sexual love
Lover | beloved | dear | dearest | honey
Verb:
couple | bed | be intimate | do it | off | get it on | get laid | have a go at it | have intercourse | have it away | have it off | have s_x | hump | jazz | know | lie with | make love | make out | roll in the hay | sleep together | sleep with
Like | enjoy
Narrower terms:
adoration | adore | agape | agape love | amorousness | ardor | ardor | benevolence | calf love | care for | caring | cherish | crush | devotedness | devotion | dote | enamoredness | filial love | fornicate | get off | have | heartstrings | hold dear | infatuation | love | lovingness | loyalty | puppy love | romance | take | treasure | worship
Broader terms:
concupiscence | couple | emotion | eros | like | love | lover | mate | object | pair | physical attraction | score | s_x | s_x activity | sexual activity | sexual desire | sexual practice
