inamoratas

Objects of affection

Inamoratas is the plural of inamorata, a woman with whom someone is in love or having a romantic affair.

The word is literary and old-fashioned, suggesting a lover rather than a wife or girlfriend: His various inamoratas over the years included actresses and socialites.

The male equivalent is inamorato.

literary

muse

Think deeply about

paramour · enchantress · temptress · seductress · coquette · courtesan · goddess · siren · nymph · femme fatale

romantic

beloveds

Those deeply cherished

paramours · ladyloves · flames · crushes · infatuations · courtship · wooing · serenade · flirtation · tryst

intimate

confidante

Trusted female friend

trust · companionship · attachment · devotion · heart-to-heart · secrets · innermost · rapport · familiarity · confiding

passionate

ardent

Intensely enthusiastic or devoted

burning · desire · longing · yearning · rapture · ecstasy · intoxication · infatuation · obsession · captivation

Opposites
gender

inamoratasbeaux

Male romantic admirers

swains · wooers · paramours · boyfriends · suitors

emotional valence

inamoratasenemies

Hostile opposing parties

nemeses · rivals · foes · adversaries · antagonists

Family

inamorata, inamorato

Familiarity
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