personals
Seeking connection notices
Personals are classified advertisements placed by individuals seeking romantic or sexual partners, friendships, or other personal connections.
The term dates from newspaper classified sections, where personals occupied their own category distinct from job listings or items for sale: She answered a personal in the Village Voice.
The format migrated online, though dedicated dating apps have largely displaced text-based personals.
Side-facing outline
- matchmakingArranging romantic connections
- singlesUnattached individuals
- compatibilityMutual suitability between things
- attractionPull toward something
prospects · chemistry · seeking · browse · respond · post · ad · listing
One who shares activity
- companionOne who keeps company
- soulmateDeeply compatible life partner
- significant otherRomantic life partner
- matchGame between opponents
connection · commitment · long-term · casual · serious · friendship · companionship · bond
profile
Side-facing outline
- matchmakingArranging romantic connections
- singlesUnattached individuals
- compatibilityMutual suitability between things
attraction · prospects · chemistry · seeking · browse · respond · post · ad · listing · classified
partner
One who shares activity
- companionOne who keeps company
- soulmateDeeply compatible life partner
- significant otherRomantic life partner
match · connection · commitment · long-term · casual · serious · friendship · companionship · bond · together
courtship
Seeking another's romantic favor
- flirtingPlayfully showing romantic interest
- wooingRomantic pursuit of another
- crushCompress with force
sweetheart · valentine · beau · suitor · admirer · spark · charm · serenade · love · affection
discreet
Careful to avoid notice
closeness · tenderness · warmth · embrace · desire · chemistry · private · adult · mature · physical
- Craigslist sectionsjob listings, real estate, rentals, apartments, housing
- personalsSWM, classified ads, dating profile, dating profiles, ISO
- Alt-WeekliesVillage Voice, The Stranger, free paper, alternative press
- advertisingad, ads, ad campaign, ad campaigns, advertising campaign
- newspaper sectionsnews, sports, editorial, business, classifieds
personalsjob listings
help wanted · real estate listings · legal notices · business listings · public notices
- personal spaceComfort distance around oneself
- personal essaysNonfiction exploring the author's life
- nothing personalDisclaimer before criticism
- personal rightsLegally protected individual freedoms
- personal computerIndividual-use computing machine
- personal lifeOne's non-professional existence
personal, personality, personally, impersonal, personable, impersonate, personalize, personage, personalized