true love
The real thing
True love is deep, enduring romantic attachment—the real thing rather than infatuation or passing attraction.
The phrase implies a love that is genuine, lasting, and destined: She finally found her true love.
A true love is also the person who inspires such feeling: He was her true love.
The term carries fairy-tale overtones, suggesting a singular, fated connection.
Firm pledge to act
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- constancyUnchanging faithfulness over time
steadfastness · loyalty · bond · attachment · adoration · cherish · honor · vow
For all time
- timelessUnaffected by eras
- everlastingLasting for all time
- enduringPersisting through time
- immortalCannot die
perpetual · undying · abiding · infinite · ageless · boundless · unending · deathless
Seeking another's romantic favor
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- relationshipConnection between entities
partnership · marriage · wedding · engagement · companionship · togetherness · dating · wooing
Consent to receive
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- selflessnessPrioritizing others over oneself
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- compassionConcern for others' distress
patience · understanding · grace · empathy · generosity · devotion · support · nurturing
Intense emotional warmth
- desireIntense wanting
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
fire · intensity · burning · infatuation · craving · hunger · rapture · ecstasy
Predetermined course of events
- matchGame between opponents
- complementWhat makes complete
- counterpartCorresponding person or thing
- connectionA joining or relation
affinity · harmony · unity · bonding · rapport · synchronicity · paramour · sweetheart
commitment
Firm pledge to act
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
constancy · steadfastness · loyalty · bond · attachment · adoration · cherish · honor · vow · pledge
forever
For all time
- timelessUnaffected by eras
- everlastingLasting for all time
- enduringPersisting through time
immortal · perpetual · undying · abiding · infinite · ageless · boundless · unending · deathless · lasting
courtship
Seeking another's romantic favor
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
relationship · partnership · marriage · wedding · engagement · companionship · togetherness · dating · wooing · serenading
acceptance
Consent to receive
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- selflessnessPrioritizing others over oneself
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
compassion · patience · understanding · grace · empathy · generosity · devotion · support · nurturing · caring
ardor
Intense emotional warmth
fervor · fire · intensity · burning · infatuation · craving · hunger · rapture · ecstasy · bliss
destiny
Predetermined course of events
- matchGame between opponents
- complementWhat makes complete
- counterpartCorresponding person or thing
connection · affinity · harmony · unity · bonding · rapport · synchronicity · paramour · sweetheart · darling
- loveadoration, affection, amour, attraction, cherish
- Disney moviesfairy tale, princess, happy ending, enchanted forest, talking animals
- Love phrasesmiss you, thinking of you, forever yours, you complete me, soulmate
- romanceamor, boyfriend, courting, girlfriend, besos
- Beauty and the BeastBelle, Beast, Gaston, Maurice, enchanted rose
- Classic RomancePride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Emma, Romeo and Juliet
true loveinfatuation
Short-lived intense attraction
marriage of convenience · loveless marriage · puppy love · lust · crush
true lovehatred
Intense hostile aversion
hate · loathing · enmity · contempt · abhorrence
true loveindifference
Lack of interest
apathy · loneliness · isolation · alienation · estrangement
love, true, truth, lovely, truly, loving, loved, lover, beloved