long-term relationship
Enduring romantic bond
A long-term relationship is a romantic partnership that has lasted a significant time and is expected to continue—typically months or years rather than weeks.
The phrase implies commitment, stability, and emotional investment beyond casual dating: She's not interested in hookups; she wants a long-term relationship.
What counts as "long-term" varies by context and age, but the term generally signals seriousness of intent.
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- life partnerCommitted romantic companion
- marriageFormal union between partners
trust · loyalty · through thick and thin · the long haul · intimacy · companionship · other half · forever · steady · faithful · bond · together · anniversary · vows · going steady · enduring · built to last · growing old
- cohabitationcohabitation, cohabiting, cohabitants, cohabiting couple, living together
long-term relationshipfling
Forceful toss, or tryst
one-night stand · whirlwind romance · situationship · hookup · summer fling
long-term relationshipplaying the field
Dating without commitment
singlehood · friends with benefits · bachelorhood · booty call · no-strings-attached
relationship, longer, longest, longing, longingly, lengthy, length, lengthen, lengthening