Romance synonyms

Romance

modif.

Romanic, Latinic, Latin, Italic; see French 2, Italian, Spanish.

Languages descended from Latin include: Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, Provençal, Rhaeto-Romanic, Italian, French, Romansh.

romance

n.

  1. Experiences that excite the imagination

    fancy, fantasy, the picturesque, adventure, excitement, love, passion, romanticism, idealization, allure, fascination, enchantment, exoticism, glamour, thrill, daring enterprise, bold venture.

  2. A love affair

    affair, courtship, amour; see affair 2, love 1.

  3. A tale of love and adventure

    novel, romantic novel, fiction, love story, historical romance, Gothic novel, bodice-ripper, picaresque tale, adventure story, ballad, lyric tale, metrical romance, Arthurian romance, chanson de geste (French), romaunt; see also story.

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