| fondness | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. fancy, fondness, partiality | a predisposition to like something.; "he had a fondness for whiskey" |
| ~ liking | a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment.; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin" |
| n. (feeling) | 2. affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness | a positive feeling of liking.; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home" |
| ~ feeling | the experiencing of affective and emotional states.; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" |
| ~ attachment, fond regard | a feeling of affection for a person or an institution. |
| ~ protectiveness | a feeling of protective affection. |
| ~ regard, respect | a feeling of friendship and esteem.; "she mistook his manly regard for love"; "he inspires respect" |
| ~ soft spot | a sentimental affection.; "she had a soft spot for her youngest son" |
| n. (attribute) | 3. affectionateness, fondness, lovingness, warmth | a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love. |
| ~ emotionalism, emotionality | emotional nature or quality. |
| ~ tenderness | a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling. |
| ~ uxoriousness | foolish fondness for or excessive submissiveness to one's wife. |
| fond | | |
| adj. | 1. affectionate, fond, lovesome, tender, warm | having or displaying warmth or affection.; "affectionate children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace" |
| ~ loving | feeling or showing love and affection.; "loving parents"; "loving glances" |
| adj. | 2. adoring, doting, fond | extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent.; "adoring grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother" |
| ~ loving | feeling or showing love and affection.; "loving parents"; "loving glances" |
| adj. | 3. fond, partial | (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for.; "fond of chocolate"; "partial to horror movies" |
| ~ inclined | (often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency.; "wasn't inclined to believe the excuse"; "inclined to be moody" |
| adj. | 4. fond | absurd or silly because unlikely.; "fond hopes of becoming President"; "fond fancies" |
| ~ foolish | devoid of good sense or judgment.; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision" |
| loving | | |
| adj. | 1. loving | feeling or showing love and affection.; "loving parents"; "loving glances" |
| ~ committed, attached | associated in an exclusive sexual relationship. |
| ~ lovable, loveable | having characteristics that attract love or affection.; "a mischievous but lovable child" |
| ~ doting, adoring, fond | extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent.; "adoring grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother" |
| ~ affectionate, fond, lovesome, tender, warm | having or displaying warmth or affection.; "affectionate children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace" |
| ~ amative, amorous | inclined toward or displaying love.; "feeling amorous" |
| ~ amatory, amorous, romantic | expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance.; "her amatory affairs"; "amorous glances"; "a romantic adventure"; "a romantic moonlight ride" |
| ~ attached | fond and affectionate.; "she was very attached to her father" |
| ~ captivated, charmed | strongly attracted. |
| ~ enamored, in love, infatuated, potty, soft on, taken with, smitten | marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness.; "gaga over the rock group's new album"; "he was infatuated with her" |
| ~ idolatrous | blindly or excessively devoted or adoring. |
| ~ loverlike, loverly | like or in the manner of a lover. |
| ~ overfond | excessively fond. |
| ~ tenderhearted | easily moved to love. |
| ~ touchy-feely | (often derogatory) openly expressing love and affection (especially through physical contact). |
| ~ uxorious | foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife. |
| ~ passionate | having or expressing strong emotions. |
| ~ warmhearted | marked by warmth of feeling like kindness and sympathy and generosity.; "gave a warmhearted welcome to the stranger" |
| love | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. love | a strong positive emotion of regard and affection.; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love" |
| ~ emotion | any strong feeling. |
| ~ adoration, worship | a feeling of profound love and admiration. |
| ~ agape love, agape | selfless love of one person for another without sexual implications (especially love that is spiritual in nature). |
| ~ agape | (Christian theology) the love of God or Christ for mankind. |
| ~ filial love | the love of a child for a parent. |
| ~ ardor, ardour | intense feeling of love. |
| ~ amorousness, enamoredness | a feeling of love or fondness. |
| ~ calf love, puppy love, infatuation, crush | temporary love of an adolescent. |
| ~ devotedness, devotion | feelings of ardent love.; "their devotion to each other was beautiful" |
| ~ benevolence | disposition to do good. |
| ~ heartstrings | your deepest feelings of love and compassion.; "many adoption cases tug at the heartstrings" |
| ~ caring, lovingness | a loving feeling. |
| ~ loyalty | feelings of allegiance. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. love, passion | any object of warm affection or devotion.; "the theater was her first love"; "he has a passion for cock fighting" |
| ~ object | the focus of cognitions or feelings.; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection" |
| n. (person) | 3. beloved, dear, dearest, honey, love | a beloved person; used as terms of endearment. |
| ~ lover | a person who loves someone or is loved by someone. |
| n. (feeling) | 4. erotic love, love, sexual love | a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction.; "their love left them indifferent to their surroundings"; "she was his first love" |
| ~ concupiscence, physical attraction, sexual desire, eros | a desire for sexual intimacy. |
| n. (quantity) | 5. love | a score of zero in tennis or squash.; "it was 40 love" |
| ~ score | a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest.; "the score was 7 to 0" |
| n. (act) | 6. love, love life, lovemaking, making love, sexual love | sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people.; "his lovemaking disgusted her"; "he hadn't had any love in months"; "he has a very complicated love life" |
| ~ sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice | activities associated with sexual intercourse.; "they had sex in the back seat" |
| v. (emotion) | 7. love | have a great affection or liking for.; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him" |
| ~ love | be enamored or in love with.; "She loves her husband deeply" |
| ~ cherish, hold dear, care for, treasure | be fond of; be attached to. |
| ~ dote | shower with love; show excessive affection for.; "Grandmother dotes on her the twins" |
| ~ adore | love intensely.; "he just adored his wife" |
| v. (emotion) | 8. enjoy, love | get pleasure from.; "I love cooking" |
| ~ like | find enjoyable or agreeable.; "I like jogging"; "She likes to read Russian novels" |
| ~ get off | enjoy in a sexual way.; "He gets off on shoes" |
| v. (emotion) | 9. love | be enamored or in love with.; "She loves her husband deeply" |
| ~ love | have a great affection or liking for.; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him" |
| ~ romance | have a love affair with. |
| v. (contact) | 10. bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with | have sexual intercourse with.; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" |
| ~ neck, make out | kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion.; "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car" |
| ~ have, take | have sex with; archaic use.; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable" |
| ~ fornicate | have sex without being married. |
| ~ copulate, mate, couple, pair | engage in sexual intercourse.; "Birds mate in the Spring" |
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