Synonyms for romance

Grammar : Noun

Spell : noun, adjective roh-mans, roh-mans; verb roh-mans

Phonetic Transcription : noun, adjective roʊˈmæns, ˈroʊ mæns; verb roʊˈmæns

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Définition of romance

Origin : c.1300, "a story, written or recited, of the adventures of a knight, hero, etc.," often one designed principally for entertainment," from Old French romanz "verse narrative" (Modern French roman), originally an adverb, "in the vernacular language," from Vulgar Latin *romanice scribere "to write in a Romance language" (one developed from Latin instead of Frankish), from Latin Romanicus "of or in the Roman style," from Romanus "Roman" (see Roman).
The sense evolution is because medieval vernacular tales usually told chivalric adventures full of marvelous incidents and heroic deeds. In reference to literary works, often in Middle English meaning ones written in French but also applied to native compositions. Literary sense extended by 1660s to "a love story." Meaning "adventurous quality" first recorded 1801; that of "love affair" is from 1916. Romance novel attested from 1964. Cf. Romance (adj.).

noun love affair
noun fanciful story or narrative
noun adventure, flight of fancy

Example sentences :

Seasickness takes away all the romance that poets have invested it with.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

I was full of romance and hope; now I've no romance, little hope, and some wrinkles.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various

But Mr. Thomson's contributions may fairly be said to have exhausted the "romance" of the road.
Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson

That was why Tillie's romance had only paraded itself before her and had gone by.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

A year ago her half promise to Joe had gratified her sense of romance.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

He was old and bleary, unmistakably dirty too—but he had divined Sidney's romance.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

How can I get adventure and romance in a place where I know everybody?
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

You have to go out into the world to get adventure and romance!
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

Julie, the third imperishable Julie of French romance, never married.
Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

To the romance the novel is what photography is to painting.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

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