trysts
Clandestine romantic meetings
Trysts is the plural of tryst, a secret meeting between lovers: Their trysts took place in a cheap motel outside of town.
The word carries a romantic or illicit flavor, suggesting assignations that must be hidden.
Less commonly, tryst can mean any private appointment, but the romantic sense dominates.
Concealed from authorities
- covertIntentionally concealed
- furtiveSecretive and sly
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
- hiddenKept out of sight
stealthy · discreet · concealed · private · rendezvous · assignation · liaison · hushed
Romantic partners
- romanceLove and its excitement
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- passionIntense emotional drive
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
embrace · kiss · caress · tenderness · amorous · infatuation · ardor · desire
Romantic entanglement outside commitment
- infidelityDisloyalty to a partner
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- extramaritalOutside the marriage bond
forbidden · scandal · betrayal · unfaithfulness · two-timing · philandering · mistress · paramour
Scheduled meeting at agreed location
- assignationPrearranged secret meeting
- encounterUnexpected meeting or confrontation
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- dateSpecific day or outing
engagement · meeting · liaison · tête-à-tête · get-together · interlude · moonlit · midnight
Proverbial ladies' man
- RomeoArdent male lover
- star-crossedDoomed by destiny
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- forbiddenNot allowed
bodice-ripper · Victorian · scandalous · epistolary · billet-doux · gothic · Brontë · romantic
clandestine
Concealed from authorities
- covertIntentionally concealed
- furtiveSecretive and sly
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
hidden · stealthy · discreet · concealed · private · rendezvous · assignation · liaison · hushed · whispered
lovers
Romantic partners
- romanceLove and its excitement
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- passionIntense emotional drive
intimacy · embrace · kiss · caress · tenderness · amorous · infatuation · ardor · desire · yearning
affair
Romantic entanglement outside commitment
- infidelityDisloyalty to a partner
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
extramarital · forbidden · scandal · betrayal · unfaithfulness · two-timing · philandering · mistress · paramour · cuckold
rendezvous
Scheduled meeting at agreed location
- assignationPrearranged secret meeting
- encounterUnexpected meeting or confrontation
- appointmentScheduled time for something
date · engagement · meeting · liaison · tête-à-tête · get-together · interlude · moonlit · midnight · twilight
Casanova
Proverbial ladies' man
- RomeoArdent male lover
- star-crossedDoomed by destiny
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
forbidden · bodice-ripper · Victorian · scandalous · epistolary · billet-doux · gothic · Brontë · romantic · tragic
- promiscuitypromiscuity, sleeping around, casual sex, hookups, one-night stands
- seductionseduction, seductive, allure, beguilement, enticement
- affairsaffairs, affair, foreign affairs, current affairs, world affairs
trystsmarriages
Legal spousal unions
weddings · conjugal relations · matrimony · betrothal · engagement
trystsmarried life