2 entries found for love.
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Function: verb
Text: 1 to hold dear <patriots who loved their country well enough to die for it>
Synonyms appreciate, cherish, prize, treasure, value
Related Words delight (in), dig, enjoy, fancy, groove (on), like, relish, revel (in); admire, esteem, regard, respect, revere, reverence, venerate; enshrine, memorialize; adore, dote (on), idolize, worship
Phrases set store (by or on)
Near Antonyms undervalue; abhor, abominate, despise, detest, execrate, hate, loathe; disdain, scorn, scout; belittle, decry, deprecate, depreciate, disparage; abandon, forget, neglect
2 to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for <a husband who loves his wife more than anything>
Synonyms adore, cherish, worship
Related Words idealize, idolize; revere, reverence, venerate; delight (in), dote (on)
Phrases fall for, lose one's heart (to)
Near Antonyms antagonize, displease; disapprove (of), disfavor, dislike; disgust, repulse, turn off
Antonyms abhor, abominate, despise, detest, execrate, hate, loathe
3 to take pleasure in <I love playing Frisbee in the summer rain> -- see ENJOY 1
4 to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner <the baby responded to my caresses and kisses by loving me right back> -- see FONDLE