romance
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a relationship between two lovers
Types & categories
- relationship hypernym
- intrigue hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
make amorous advances towards
John is courting Mary
Types & categories
- act hypernym
- chase after hyponym
- display hyponym
Related & opposite
- love story derivation
- courtship derivation
- suer derivation
- romance derivation
Sense 3 noun
an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- romance derivation
Sense 4 verb
have a love affair with
Types & categories
- love hypernym
Related & opposite
- love story derivation
- romance derivation
Sense 5 verb
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- flirting derivation
- love story derivation
- flirt derivation
- masher derivation
- romance derivation
Sense 6 noun
a story dealing with love
Types & categories
- story hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 verb
tell romantic or exaggerated lies
This author romanced his trip to an exotic country
Types & categories
- lie hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 8 noun
a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
Types & categories
- novel hypernym
- Gothic romance hyponym
- bodice ripper hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | flirt |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | romance |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | court |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | amatory |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | relationship |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | intrigue |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | love story |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | courtship |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | suer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | romance |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chase after |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | display |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | romance |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | quality |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | stardust |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | love story |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | romance |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | love |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | flirting |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | love story |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | flirt |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | masher |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | romance |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | talk |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | wanton |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | vamp |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | flirt |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | romance |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | court |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | story |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | romance |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | romance |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | lie |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | romance |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | quixotic |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | novel |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | Gothic romance |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | bodice ripper |