love affair
Secret romantic involvement
A love affair is a romantic or sexual relationship, typically one that exists outside of or alongside a person's primary committed relationship.
The term often implies secrecy, intensity, or impermanence: Their love affair lasted three passionate months.
In extended use, love affair describes an intense enthusiasm or fascination with something: America's long love affair with the automobile.
Concealed from authorities
- illicitProhibited by law
- forbiddenNot allowed
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- infidelityDisloyalty to a partner
extramarital · discreet · hidden · covert · tryst · cheating · sneaking · unfaithful
Seeking another's romantic favor
- datingPursuing romantic connections
- wooingRomantic pursuit of another
- sweetheartAffectionate name for beloved
- amourRomantic liaison, often illicit
devotion · affection · tenderness · enchantment · cherish · adoration · intimacy · letters
Extreme in degree
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- desireIntense wanting
- burningCombustion in progress
torrid · fiery · consuming · obsessive · all-consuming · rapture · ecstasy · infatuation
Intense mental suffering
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- separationState of being apart
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
loneliness · ending · tears · loss · mourning · regret · bitterness · healing
clandestine
Concealed from authorities
infidelity · extramarital · discreet · hidden · covert · tryst · cheating · sneaking · unfaithful · betrayal
courtship
Seeking another's romantic favor
- datingPursuing romantic connections
- wooingRomantic pursuit of another
- sweetheartAffectionate name for beloved
amour · devotion · affection · tenderness · enchantment · cherish · adoration · intimacy · letters · flowers
intense
Extreme in degree
burning · torrid · fiery · consuming · obsessive · all-consuming · rapture · ecstasy · infatuation · smitten
anguish
Intense mental suffering
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- separationState of being apart
rejection · loneliness · ending · tears · loss · mourning · regret · bitterness · healing · wounded
casual
Relaxed and informal
summer · rebound · short-lived · fleeting · transient · escapade · interlude · holiday · spontaneous · carefree
- romanceamor, boyfriend, courting, girlfriend, besos
- soap operassoap opera, telenovela, melodrama, cliffhanger, amnesia
- affairsaffairs, foreign affairs, current affairs, world affairs, international affairs
- romantic getawayshoneymoon, couples retreat, weekend getaway, anniversary trip, spa weekend
- infidelityadultery, adulteress, cheating, cheater, affairs
- innuendoinnuendo, sexual innuendo, double entendre, double meaning, implied meaning
love affairestrangement
Emotional separation between people
indifference · enmity · acquaintanceship · emotional distance · detachment
love affairapathy
Absence of feeling
emotional detachment · loveless marriage · going through the motions · emotional numbness · dispassion
love affairbreakup
Romantic relationship's termination
divorce · separation · falling out · bitter end · dissolution
love, loving, affect, loved, lover, beloved, affair, lovable, lovers