romance
n.
love affair, amour; tall tale, tale filled with exaggeration; narrative or poem about chivalry and/or heroic adventures (esp. from the Middle Ages)
v.
have a love affair with; tell stories filled with exaggeration, tell tall tales
Romances
romance
Noun
1. a relationship between two lovers
(synonym) love affair
(hypernym) relationship
(hyponym) intrigue
(derivation) chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, philander, mash
2. an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
(synonym) romanticism
(hypernym) quality
(hyponym) stardust
3. a story dealing with love
(synonym) love story
(hypernym) story
(derivation) chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, philander, mash
4. a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
(hypernym) novel
(hyponym) Gothic romance
Verb
1. make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary"
(synonym) woo, court, solicit
(hypernym) act, move
(hyponym) chase, chase after
(derivation) love story
2. have a love affair with
(hypernym) love
(derivation) love story
3. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
(synonym) chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, philander, mash
(hypernym) talk, speak
(hyponym) wanton
(derivation) love story
4. tell romantic or exaggerated lies; "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country"
(hypernym) lie
romance (f)
n.
ballad, romance
romancer
v.
romanticize, make romantic; hold romantic ideas about something
romance
adj.
romance
romance (m)
n.
ballad, sentimental song that tells a story, narrative poem adapted for singing; Romanic; romance languages, general name for European languages based on the early Italian languages such as Latin
romanizar
v.
romanize, make Roman in character or spirit; make Roman Catholic