- love
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ all-consuming, burning, deep, great, immense, intense, overwhelming, passionate, profound▪
her deep love for him
▪ tender▪ genuine, perfect, pure, real, sheer, sincere, true▪ boundless, unconditional▪ altruistic, selfless▪ abiding, enduring, eternal, everlasting, lasting, lifelong, undying▪He had an abiding love of the natural world.
▪You have my undying love.
▪ steadfast, unfailing▪ new-found▪ secret▪ hopeless, unrequited▪a sad tale of unrequited love
▪ doomed▪ forbidden▪ lost▪Soul Survivors is a story of lost love.
▪ mutual, shared▪ free▪They were into free love and avoided commitment.
▪ first▪I like most sports but tennis is my first love.
▪ brotherly, familial, fatherly, maternal, parental, paternal, sisterly▪ puppy, teenage▪ marital, married▪The poem is a celebration of married love.
▪ courtly, platonic, romantic▪the cult of courtly love in the 12th century
▪ erotic, physical, sexual▪ obsessive▪ heterosexual, homosexual, lesbian, same-sex▪ redemptive▪ Christian, divine, human▪ universalVERB + LOVE▪ feel, have▪She felt no love for him.
▪He had a great love of life.
▪ experience, know▪He had never known true love until now.
▪ search for, seek▪ discover, find▪At last she had found true love.
▪ rediscover, rekindle▪ receive▪From John, she received the love she had never received from her father.
▪ earn▪She has earned the love and respect of many people.
▪ develop▪He developed a lifelong love of music.
▪ demonstrate, express, show▪ prove▪He would do almost anything to prove his love for her.
▪ hide▪I couldn't hide my love for her any longer.
▪ confess, declare, pledge, proclaim, profess▪They publicly declared their love for each other.
▪ deserve▪I don't deserve his love.
▪ doubt▪Does she doubt my love for her?
▪ inspire, instil/instill▪ cultivate, foster, nurture▪We want to foster a love of learning in all children.
▪ celebrate▪a party with family and friends to celebrate their love
▪ reciprocate, return▪He didn't return her love.
▪ share▪They share a love of music.
▪ indulge▪His wealth enabled him to indulge his love of fast cars.
▪ pursue▪It gave me the opportunity to pursue my love of music.
▪ give sb, send (sb)▪Bob sends his love.
▪ lavish, pour▪They lavish love on Selah, their cat.
▪ be in, fall in▪He fell in love with one of his students.
▪ fall out of▪ make (= have sex)▪It was the first time they had made love.
▪He wanted to make love to her.
▪ consummateLOVE + VERB▪ bloom, blossom, grow▪Love blossomed between the two of them
▪ die, fade▪ prevail▪Can true love prevail?
LOVE + NOUN▪ affair▪ triangle▪ life▪ interest, object▪She plays his love interest in the film.
▪ rival (esp. BrE)▪ rat (BrE, informal)▪ slave▪ letter, note▪ token▪ ballad, poem, poetry, scene, song, story▪ potion, spell▪ nestPREPOSITION▪ for love, out of love▪I did it for love!
▪ in love▪We are very much in love.
▪ love between▪the love between parent and child
▪ love for▪He did not know how to express his love for her.
▪ love of▪She had a great love of painting.
PHRASES▪ an act of love▪ deeply in love, madly in love, passionately in love▪I was madly in love with her.
▪ desperately in love, head over heels in love, hopelessly in love▪They fell head over heels in love.
▪ love at first sight▪Do you believe in love at first sight?
▪ love conquers all▪In his music dramas, love conquers all.
▪ the love of sb's life▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}She was the love of his life.
verbADVERB▪ dearly, deeply, passionately, really, very much▪He loved his wife dearly.
▪ absolutely, totally (informal, esp. AmE)▪I absolutely love your shoes!
▪ genuinely, really, truly▪ simply▪She simply loved being involved.
▪ unconditionally▪He wanted to be unconditionally loved.
▪ secretly▪ universally▪Flowers are universally loved.
▪ personally▪I personally love the song.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
