love letter

Sweetheart's written confession

A love letter is a written message expressing romantic feelings for someone.

The form has a long literary and cultural history, from wartime correspondence between separated couples to passionate declarations: She found a box of love letters in the attic.

Love letter can also describe anything that serves as a tribute or homage: The film is a love letter to 1970s New York.

romance

sweetheart

Affectionate name for beloved

soulmate · paramour · suitor · beau · lovestruck · enamored · serenade · rendezvous · tryst · proposal

expression

poetry

Metrical literary composition

sonnet · prose · endearment · sweet nothings · pet names · confession · heartfelt words · tribute · verse · ode

correspondence

envelope

Folded paper enclosure

mailbox · penpal · address · parchment · inkwell · quill · calligraphy · wax seal · postcard · telegram

longing

yearning

Intense prolonged craving

absence · waiting · anticipation · reunion · ache · missing · faraway · overseas · wartime · deployment

vulnerability

confession

Admission of wrongdoing

honesty · exposure · risk · authenticity · trust · intimacy · rawness · candor · heartfelt · emotional

keepsake

memento

Token of recollection

faded · yellowed · bundled · shoebox · attic · trunk · discovered · rereading · preserved · saved

Categories
Opposites
emotional content

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Threatening or abusive correspondence

poison pen letter · nasty gram · ransom note · curse

relational purpose

love letterDear John letter

Written romantic rejection

goodbye letter · divorce papers · farewell letter · rejection letter · restraining order

communication register

love letterform letter

Prewritten mail for many

business letter · legal notice · summons · eviction notice · text message

Family

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Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G