Phrase Hound found 1,779 phrases and 162 compound words that contain love. The most common are listed below. Open love in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 1,779
- fall in loveTo come to have feelings of love, particularly romantic love.
- love affairAn affair; a usually adulterous relationship between people who are not married to each other.
- true loveFaithful love.
- make loveTo engage in sexual intercourse.
- love storyA story about love.
- love songA song about love; a song that expresses amorous feelings.
- first loveOne's first experience of the feeling of romantic love.
- love triangleA situation in which two suitors vie or compete for the love of the same person.
- love lifeAn individual's amorous or sexual relationships.
- law of loveA generalized spiritual doctrine that claims love of a deity or love within the context of other spiritual virtues as moral duty.
- declaration of love
- love letterA letter written to express the author's love for the intended reader.
- love hotelA short-stay hotel found in Japan and elsewhere, operated primarily for the purpose of allowing lovers privacy to have sexual intercourse.
- love childA child born as a result of a romantic liaison between parents not married to one another; an illegitimate child.
- light-of-loveAlternative form of light-o'-love: An old dance tune, whose name made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters.
- Summer of LoveThe summer of 1967, noted for its love-ins and the flourishing of the hippie movement.
- self-loveRegard for oneself; love of oneself.
- love interestOne who is of interest as a (potential) partner in love.
- Just Love
- free loveThe practice of sexual intercourse without the restraints of marriage or commitment.
- making lovepresent participle and gerund of make love
- love is blindA person who is in love can see no faults or imperfections in the person whom they love.
- Really Love
- love gameA game in which one of the two players scored no points.
- money-loveThe desire, love, or avarice for money and/or wealth; love of money.
Compound words 162
- loverOne who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.
- lovelyDelightful for beauty, harmony, or grace.
- BLInitialism of British Leyland.
- glInitialism of good luck: Desirable or beneficial fortune.
- lovableInspiring or deserving love or affection; adorable or cute.
- lovelessWithout love.
- lovebirdAny small parrot from one of the nine species within the genus Agapornis. Sometimes they are kept as cage birds and are noted for their affection towards each other.
- lovelockA lock of hair that hangs down and is worn apart from the hair that remains.
- lovemakingSexual intercourse.
- lovesickBehaving oddly, or as though in distress, due to being overcome by feelings of unrequited or unfulfilled love.