romance

1. 1.

   make amorous advances towards

   “John is courting Mary”

   Synonymswoocourtsolicit

   Broaderact

   Narrowerchasedisplay
2. 2.

   have a love affair with

   Broaderlove
3. 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”

   Synonymschat upflirtdallybutterflycoquetcoquettephilandermash

   Broadertalk

   Narrower
4. 4.

   tell romantic or exaggerated lies

   “This author romanced his trip to an exotic country”

   Broaderlie

1. 1.

   relating to languages derived from Latin

   “Romance languages”

   SynonymsLatin

Other forms of romance

plural

romances·

past tense

romanced·

present participle

romancing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about romance

What does romance mean?

romance means "a relationship between two lovers". That is the primary sense; the word has 10 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in romance?

romance has 2 syllables: ro-mance. The stress falls on "mance". In IPA it is /ɹoʊˈmæns/.

What is another word for romance?

Close synonyms include love affair, romanticism, Romance language, Latinian language, love story. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is romance a common word?

romance is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.