romance
A close and loving relationship between two people.
A relationship between two people involving strong affection, attraction, and emotional closeness.
A strong feeling of love and excitement for someone.
A feeling of love, especially when idealized or associated with excitement and passion.
A story in a book or movie about love between people.
A book, film, or other work that tells a love story, usually with an emotionally satisfying ending.
An exciting and beautiful feeling in life or art that seems special or magical.
A quality in life, art, or literature that suggests adventure, mystery, and idealized beauty.
- Base: romance
- Plural: romances
holiday romance
1Romantic relationship on vacation
A short romantic relationship that happens while you are on holiday.
- She had a holiday romance while visiting Spain.
- Their holiday romance ended when they returned home.
office romance
1Romantic relationship at work
A romantic relationship between two people who work together.
- An office romance can make work complicated.
- Their office romance became public after the company party.
rekindle the romance
1Bring back romantic feelings
To make romantic feelings come back in a relationship after they have gone away.
- They went on vacation to rekindle the romance in their marriage.
- A surprise date night helped rekindle the romance.
a whirlwind romance
1A very fast love relationship
A romantic relationship that starts and develops very quickly.
- They had a whirlwind romance and got married after just two months.
- It was a whirlwind romance that surprised everyone.
a whirlwind romance
2Very fast, intense romance
A love relationship that starts and becomes serious very quickly, in a short time.
- They had a whirlwind romance and got married after just three months.
- What started as a holiday fling turned into a whirlwind romance.
- The movie follows a whirlwind romance between two strangers in New York.