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love has 25 distinct synonyms spread across 6 of its 10 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is hate.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
“his love for his work”
a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction
“their love left them indifferent to their surroundings”
a score of zero in tennis or squash
“it was 40 love”
sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people
“his lovemaking disgusted her”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for love come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
be enamored or in love with
“She loves her husband deeply”
have sexual intercourse with
“This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm”