love affair
love af·fair
L l Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [luhv uh-fair]
- /lʌv əˈfɛər/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [luhv uh-fair]
- /lʌv əˈfɛər/
Definitions of love affair words
- noun love affair a romantic relationship or episode between lovers; an amour. 1
- noun love affair an active enthusiasm for something: my love affair with sailing. 1
- noun love affair romantic relationship 1
- countable noun love affair A love affair is a romantic and usually sexual relationship between two people who love each other but who are not married or living together. 0
- singular noun love affair If you refer to someone's love affair with something, you mean that they like it a lot and are very enthusiastic about it. 0
- noun love affair a romantic or sexual relationship, esp a temporary one, between two people 0
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Origin of love affair
First appearance:
before 1585 One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1585-95
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Parts of speech for Love affair
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
love affair popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 69% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
love affair usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for love affair
noun love affair
- affair — If an event or a series of events has been mentioned and you want to talk about it again, you can refer to it as the affair.
- love — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
- dalliance — If two people have a brief romantic relationship, you can say that they have a dalliance with each other, especially if they do not take it seriously.
- fling — to throw, cast, or hurl with force or violence: to fling a stone.
Antonyms for love affair
noun love affair
- dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
- hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- faithfulness — strict or thorough in the performance of duty: a faithful worker.
- indifference — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
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