| esteem | | |
| n. (state) | 1. esteem, regard, respect | the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded).; "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high regard" |
| ~ honour, honor, laurels | the state of being honored. |
| ~ stature | high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement.; "a man of great stature" |
| n. (feeling) | 2. admiration, esteem | a feeling of delighted approval and liking. |
| ~ liking | a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment.; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin" |
| ~ anglophilia | admiration for Britain and British customs. |
| ~ hero worship | admiration for great men (or their memory). |
| ~ philhellenism | admiration for Greece and the Greeks and Greek customs. |
| ~ philogyny | admiration for women. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. esteem, regard, respect | an attitude of admiration or esteem.; "she lost all respect for him" |
| ~ attitude, mental attitude | a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways.; "he had the attitude that work was fun" |
| ~ estimation, estimate | the respect with which a person is held.; "they had a high estimation of his ability" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. esteem, prise, prize, respect, value | regard highly; think much of.; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity" |
| ~ consider, regard, view, reckon, see | deem to be.; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" |
| ~ think the world of | esteem very highly.; "She thinks the world of her adviser" |
| ~ reverence, venerate, revere, fear | regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of.; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius" |
| ~ admire, look up to | feel admiration for. |
| v. (cognition) | 5. esteem, look on, look upon, regard as, repute, take to be, think of | look on as or consider.; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent" |
| ~ think, believe, conceive, consider | judge or regard; look upon; judge.; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior" |
| 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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