1. (

• love_affair ,
• romance

) a relationship between two lovers ;

2. (

• romanticism ,
• romance

) an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure) ;

3. (

• Romance ,
• Romance_language ,
• Latinian_language

) the group of languages derived from Latin ;

4. (

• love_story ,
• romance ,

) a story dealing with love ;

5. (

• romance ,

) a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life ;

1. (

• woo ,
• court ,
• romance ,
• solicit

) make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary" ;

2. (

• romance

) have a love affair with ;

3. (

• chat_up ,
• flirt ,
• dally ,
• butterfly ,
• coquet ,
• coquette ,
• romance ,
• philander ,
• mash

) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" ;

4. (

• romance

) tell romantic or exaggerated lies; "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country" ;

1. (

• Romance ,
• Latin ,

) relating to languages derived from Latin; "Romance languages" ;