romance

romance is a 7-letter English word with 17 senses as noun, adjective, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of extravagant adventures, of love, and the like. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 17 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of extravagant adventures, of love, and the like.
2. noun. An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances; as, his courtship, or his life, was a romance.
3. noun. A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real; as, a girl full of romance.
4. noun. The languages, or rather the several dialects, which were originally forms of popular or vulgar Latin, and have now developed into Italian. Spanish, French, etc. (called the Romanic languages).
5. noun. A short lyric tale set to music; a song or short instrumental piece in ballad style; a romanza.
6. adjective. Of or pertaining to the language or dialects known as Romance.
7. intransitive verb. To write or tell romances; to indulge in extravagant stories.
8. noun. an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)

   Synonyms: romanticism

9. noun. a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
10. noun. a story dealing with love
11. noun. the group of languages derived from Latin
12. noun. a relationship between two lovers
13. verb. tell romantic or exaggerated lies

    "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country"

14. verb. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

    "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"

    "My husband never flirts with other women"

    Synonyms: butterfly, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander

15. verb. have a love affair with
16. verb. make amorous advances towards

    "John is courting Mary"

    Synonyms: court, solicit, woo

17. adjective. relating to languages derived from Latin

    "Romance languages"

    Synonyms: latin

Synonyms

romanticism, butterfly, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, court, solicit, woo, latin

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in romance:

cremona

Common word forms

romanced, romancer, romances, romancing, romanceful, romanceless

Words from these letters

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