love
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
his love for his work
Types & categories
- emotion hypernym
- adoration hyponym
- agape love hyponym
- agape hyponym
- filial love hyponym
- ardor hyponym
- amorousness hyponym
- puppy love hyponym
- devotion hyponym
- benevolence hyponym
- heartstrings hyponym
- lovingness hyponym
- loyalty hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
have a great affection or liking for
I love French food
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
any object of warm affection or devotion
the theater was her first love
Types & categories
- object hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
get pleasure from
I love cooking
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
Types & categories
- lover hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
be enamored or in love with
She loves her husband deeply
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction
their love left them indifferent to their surroundings
Types & categories
- sexual desire hypernym
Related & opposite
- fuck derivation
Sense 8 verb
have sexual intercourse with
This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- fuck derivation
- lovemaking derivation
- bed derivation
- sexual love derivation
- lover derivation
- fucker derivation
- archaism domain usage
- neck verb group
Sense 9 noun
a score of zero in tennis or squash
it was 40 love
Types & categories
- score hypernym
Sense 10 noun
sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people
his lovemaking disgusted her
Types & categories
- sexual activity hypernym
Related & opposite
- fuck derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | hate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | love |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | love |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | love |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | emotion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | adoration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | agape love |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | agape |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | filial love |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ardor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | amorousness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | puppy love |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | devotion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | benevolence |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | heartstrings |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lovingness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | loyalty |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | hate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | love |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | love |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lover |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | beloved |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | buff |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lovable |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | love |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cherish |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dote |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | adore |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | love |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | love |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | love |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | object |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | enjoyment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | love |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | enjoyment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | love |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | lover |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | enjoyer |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | buff |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | like |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | get off |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | love |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | love |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | beloved |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | lover |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | love |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | love |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | lover |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | beloved |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | lovable |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | love |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | romance |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | fuck |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | sexual desire |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | fuck |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | lovemaking |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | bed |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | sexual love |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | lover |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | fucker |
| 8 | domain usage | Related & opposite | archaism |
| 8 | verb group | Related & opposite | neck |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | mate |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | have |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | fornicate |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | score |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | fuck |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | sexual activity |