lovers
Two hearts entwined
Lovers are people in a romantic or sexual relationship with each other.
The word emphasizes intimacy and passion more than commitment—married couples are spouses, but may also be lovers.
A lover is also someone who loves a particular thing: a lover of fine wine, a nature lover.
The phrase take a lover implies a sexual relationship outside marriage.
Two linked together
sweethearts · beloveds · companions · soulmates · consorts · flames · suitors · admirers
Seeking another's romantic favor
- serenadeOutdoor romantic performance
- amorousFull of desire
- valentineFebruary fourteenth greeting
- moonlightReflected solar radiance, nocturnal
roses · candlelit · enamored · tryst · rendezvous · whisperings · swoon · star-crossed
Intense wanting
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
infatuation · lust · ecstasy · rapture · enchantment · obsession · intensity · fire
State of proximity
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- confidencesPrivate disclosures to another
- secretsConcealed information
privacy · pillow talk · communion · togetherness · warmth · comfort · soulmates · connection
Romantic entanglement outside commitment
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- mistressIllicit female lover
- paramourLover in secret affair
- trystSecret romantic meeting
clandestine · forbidden · secret · scandal · assignation · infidelity · rendezvous · dalliance
Firm pledge to act
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- adorationProfound loving regard
cherish · dedication · constancy · steadfast · unwavering · eternal · forever · vows
couple
Two linked together
paramours · sweethearts · beloveds · companions · soulmates · consorts · flames · suitors · admirers · beaux
courtship
Seeking another's romantic favor
moonlight · roses · candlelit · enamored · tryst · rendezvous · whisperings · swoon · star-crossed · bouquet
desire
Intense wanting
longing · infatuation · lust · ecstasy · rapture · enchantment · obsession · intensity · fire · burning
closeness
State of proximity
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- confidencesPrivate disclosures to another
secrets · privacy · pillow talk · communion · togetherness · warmth · comfort · soulmates · connection · familiarity
affair
Romantic entanglement outside commitment
tryst · clandestine · forbidden · secret · scandal · assignation · infidelity · rendezvous · dalliance · liaison
commitment
Firm pledge to act
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
adoration · cherish · dedication · constancy · steadfast · unwavering · eternal · forever · vows · promises
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
- romanceamor, boyfriend, courting, girlfriend, besos
- couplescouple, married couple, married couples, pair, twosome
- enthusiastsenthusiasts, fans, devotee, enthusiast, buff
- loverssweethearts, sweetheart, paramour, paramours, soulmates
- Valentinesvalentines, hearts, red roses, be mine, xoxo
loversenemies
Hostile opposing parties
haters · antagonists · foes · adversaries · rivals
loversstrangers
People unknown to you
complete strangers · perfect strangers · acquaintances · unknowns · passersby
- I love youDeepest affection expressed
- fall in loveDevelop romantic feelings
- in loveFeeling deep romantic affection
- in love withFeeling romantic attraction
- falling in loveDeveloping romantic feelings
- my loveAffectionate address to partner
love, lovely, loved, lover, beloved, unloved, loves, lovesick, loveliness