inamorata
Object of affection
An inamorata is a woman with whom one is in love or having a romantic affair.
The word comes from Italian and carries a literary or slightly old-fashioned flavor, suggesting passion rather than casual dating: He spent the summer in Venice with his inamorata.
The male equivalent is inamorato.
Beloved person or pet
- dearestMost treasured one
- belovedOne who is treasured
- honeyBees' viscous nectar product
- sweetieFond nickname for someone
angel · treasure · dove · pet · lamb · precious · dear heart · my love
Affectionate name for beloved
- darlingBeloved person or pet
- ladyloveCherished romantic partner
- paramourLover in secret affair
- mistressIllicit female lover
lover · flame · heartthrob · amour · truelove · steady · significant other · companion
Seeking another's romantic favor
- wooingRomantic pursuit of another
- trystSecret romantic meeting
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- liaisonConnector between groups
rendezvous · flirtation · seduction · amour · dalliance · assignation · love affair · intrigue
Intense emotional warmth
- desireIntense wanting
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- intensityStrength or force level
fire · burning · rapture · lust · devotion · yearning · flame · heat
darling
Beloved person or pet
sweetie · angel · treasure · dove · pet · lamb · precious · dear heart · my love · amore
sweetheart
Affectionate name for beloved
mistress · lover · flame · heartthrob · amour · truelove · steady · significant other · companion · consort
courtship
Seeking another's romantic favor
- wooingRomantic pursuit of another
- trystSecret romantic meeting
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
liaison · rendezvous · flirtation · seduction · amour · dalliance · assignation · love affair · intrigue · clandestine
ardor
Intense emotional warmth
intensity · fire · burning · rapture · lust · devotion · yearning · flame · heat · ecstasy
inspiration
Source of creative impulse
ethereal · muse · aesthetic · beauty · goddess · vision · enchantress · siren · femme fatale · temptress
crush
Compress with force
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
- smittenPowerfully attracted to someone
- besottedIntoxicated by love or drink
lovesick · moonstruck · swooning · pining · lovelorn · yearning · longing · fascination · fixation · puppy love
- Romantic FiguresRomeo, Juliet, Casanova, Don Juan, Cleopatra
- romancelove story, love, boyfriend, courting, girlfriend
- loverslover, lovers, beloved, sweethearts, sweetheart
- terms of endearmentbeloved, lover, sweetheart, darling, dearest
- obsolete relationship wordsbetrothed, beau, suitor, courting, swain
inamoratastranger
Person not yet known
ex-girlfriend · acquaintance · enemy · spinster · adversary
inamorataone-night stand
Casual sexual encounter
hookup · fling · casual acquaintance · booty call · passing fancy
inamoratanemesis
Persistent source of ruin
archenemy · sworn enemy · antagonist · foe · bête noire