romantic love
Desire plus devotion
Romantic love is intense affection and desire directed at a specific person, distinguished from familial love or friendship by its passionate, often sexual dimension.
It typically involves longing, idealization, and a drive toward exclusive partnership: They fell in romantic love that summer.
The concept shapes expectations about marriage and relationships in many cultures, though its importance varies historically and across societies.
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- desireIntense wanting
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
- soul mateIdeal romantic counterpart
unrequited · star-crossed lovers · chemistry · devotion · loyalty · courtship · vulnerability · allure · passion · tryst · chivalry · head over heels · amour · partnership · seduction · fidelity · promise · sensuality
- romantic longingyearning, pining, ardor, infatuation, heartache
- loveadoration, affection, amour, attraction, beloved
- bondsbond, corporate bond, corporate bonds, government bond, municipal bond
- heartsheart shape, heart icon, heart emoji, red heart, heart symbol
- Elizabethan comedyTwelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice
- sacred loveagape, loving-kindness, caritas, divine grace, divine compassion
romantic loveplatonic love
Emotional bond sans desire
friendship · familial love · brotherly love · sisterly love · parental love
romantic loveindifference
Lack of interest
apathy · emotional detachment · coldness · numbness · disinterest