love affair

NOUN

love relationship

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adultery affair courtship dalliance devotion fling flirtation infidelity involvement liaison love passion relationship tryst

WEAK

affair of the heart affaire de coeur amour entanglement extracurricular activity forbidden love hanky-panky illicit love intrigue ménage à trois romance romantic affair seduction sexual relationship outside of marriage thing triangle

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dislike faithfulness hate hatred indifference

Example Sentences

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Americans, by all appearances, have had a 250-year love affair with technology and its benefits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

I really did have a great rapport with them, and they would pull on my beard, and we really had a wonderful love affair.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

The Vanguard option is the modern-day incarnation of the storied Vanguard 500 fund, which kicked off investors’ love affair with index investing in the 1970s.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

The ‘Madison’ actor on his passion for log homes, how he spent his first acting check and his 43-year love affair with Goldie Hawn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

It was a bold move on my grandmother's part, and though we could all revel in the romance of it, it was a love affair that destroyed multiple lives and scandalized an entire family.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

love affair

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