romance
noun
a relationship between two lovers
Synonymslove affairan exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
Synonymsromanticismthe group of languages derived from Latin
a story dealing with love
Synonymslove storya novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
verb
make amorous advances towards
“John is courting Mary”
have a love affair with
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
“The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries”
“My husband never flirts with other women”
tell romantic or exaggerated lies
“This author romanced his trip to an exotic country”
adjective
relating to languages derived from Latin
“Romance languages”
SynonymsLatin
Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University