Love Definition and Examples

Meaning of Love: An intense feeling of closeness, caring, and affection. It is commonly a feeling that exists between all forms of social and familial relationships. It is also a bond that exists between living beings that induces a chemical reaction in the brain.

Examples:

• “It is most likely that the strongest love that exists is between mother and child.”
• “When two people are in love, it is usually obvious to all those around them.”
• “Who marrieth for love without money, hath good nights and sorry days.”

Other Words for “Love”

Common synonyms for “love”. 

• Admire
• Adore
• Appreciate
• Cherish
• Enjoy
• Fancy
• Dote on
• Honour
• Respect
• Savor/ Savour
• Like

Huge list of 95+ different words to use instead of “love”.

• Admire
• Adore
• Adulate
• Appreciate
• Baby
• Bang
• Bask
• Be crazy about
• Be fond of
• Be in love
• Be in love with
• Be intimate
• Be nuts about
• Be partial to
• Be wild about
• Bonk
• Canonize
• Care
• Care for
• Caress
• Charm
• Cherish
• Concern
• Courting
• Crush
• Cuddle
• Dating
• Deify
• Delight
• Delight in
• Desire
• Dig
• Do it
• Dote
• Dote on
• Dote upon
• Embrace
• Enjoy
• Esteem
• Exalt
• Fancy
• Feel
• Fond
• Fondle
• Girlf
• Hate
• Hold
• Hold dear
• Honor
• Hump
• Idolize
• Indulge
• Indulge in
• Interest
• Intrigue
• Jazz
• Keep
• Kiss
• Know
• Lave
• Lie with
• Like
• Liked
• Liking
• Loved one
• Luxuriate
• Luxuriate in
• Maintain
• Neck
• Need
• Praise
• Prefer
• Previous
• Prize
• Regard
• Relish
• Respect
• Revel
• Revel in
• Revere
• Reverence
• Savor
• Savour
• Screw
• Sex
• Shine
• Shut
• Stop
• Take
• Taste
• Treasure
• Value
• Venerate
• Want
• Welcome
• Wish
• Worship

“Love” Synonyms with Examples

Admire

• For example: I really admire your enthusiasm.

Adore

• For example: It’s obvious that she adores him.

Appreciate

• For example: Her family doesn’t appreciate her.

Cherish

• For example: Children need to be cherished.

Enjoy

• For example: I enjoy playing tennis and squash.

Fancy

• For example: Do you fancy going out this evening?

Dote on

• For example: He dotes on his children.

Honour

• For example: One must show honour to one’s parents.

Respect

• For example: I respect you more than anyone.

Savor/ Savour

• For example: I wanted to savour every moment.

Like

• For example: She’s nice. I like her.

More interesting examples with the word “love”

• “There is no paradise on earth equal to the union of love and innocence.”
• “Love as in time to come you should hate, and hate as you should in time to come, love.”
• “Love can turn the cottage into a golden palace.”
• “Love is like the moon; when it does not increase it decreases.”
• “Love rules his kingdom without a sword”