flirt
Toy with hearts
To flirt is to behave playfully toward someone in a way that suggests romantic or sexual interest, often without serious intent: She was flirting with the bartender.
A flirt is someone who does this habitually.
The word extends to casual engagement: to flirt with danger or flirt with an idea is to toy with it without full commitment.
Seek romantic favor
- romanceLove and its excitement
- suitorOne who seeks affection
- admirerOne who esteems another
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
pursuit · advances · conquest · paramour · liaison · love interest · sweetheart · darling
Brief one-eyed closure
- giggleSoft, silly vocalization
- coyAffectedly modest
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
- cheekyPlayfully disrespectful
tease · sassy · mischievous · impish · frisky · bubbly · smirk · batting eyelashes
Brief, casual romance
- flingForceful toss, or tryst
- trystSecret romantic meeting
- rendezvousScheduled meeting at agreed location
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
passing fancy · summer romance · playing the field · non-committal · fleeting · lighthearted · carefree · frivolous
Attractive, tempting quality
- magnetismForce between poles
- charismaMagnetic personal appeal
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- chemistryStudy of substances' interactions
appeal · attractiveness · enchantment · fascination · sparkle · confidence · poise · grace
Compress with force
- desireIntense wanting
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- blushFacial reddening from emotion
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
smitten · ardor · yearning · attraction · chemistry · sparks · butterflies · heart flutter
woo
Seek romantic favor
courtship · pursuit · advances · conquest · paramour · liaison · love interest · sweetheart · darling · beloved
wink
Brief one-eyed closure
cheeky · tease · sassy · mischievous · impish · frisky · bubbly · smirk · batting eyelashes · nudge
dalliance
Brief, casual romance
- flingForceful toss, or tryst
- trystSecret romantic meeting
- rendezvousScheduled meeting at agreed location
affair · passing fancy · summer romance · playing the field · non-committal · fleeting · lighthearted · carefree · frivolous · uncommitted
allure
Attractive, tempting quality
chemistry · appeal · attractiveness · enchantment · fascination · sparkle · confidence · poise · grace · suavity
crush
Compress with force
infatuation · smitten · ardor · yearning · attraction · chemistry · sparks · butterflies · heart flutter · swoon
- social interactiongreeting, hello, goodbye, hi, bye
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
- bar patronsregular, local, barfly, drunk, bartender
- smooth talkerssmooth talker, smooth-talker, sweet talker, sweet-talker, fast talker
- talkerstalker, chatterbox, motormouth, motor-mouth, loudmouth
- romantic typeshopeless romantic, romantic, lover, heartbreaker, player
- flirty smile
- flirty textCoy romantic communication
- flirty banterPlayful, suggestive conversation
flirting, flirtation, flirtatious, flirty, flirts, flirted, flirtiest