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Nouns (35)

n. a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines"

n. a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction; "their love left them indifferent to their surroundings"; "she was his first love"

love

n. a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love"

love

n. a score of zero in tennis or squash; "it was 40 love"

love, passion

n. any object of warm affection or devotion; "the theater was her first love"; "he has a passion for cock fighting";

level, floor, storey, story

n. a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"

account, story, history, chronicle

n. a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"

account, story, report, write up, news report

n. a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"

story, fib, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle

n. a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"

yarn, story, tale, narration, narrative

n. the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant"

love, honey, beloved, dear, dearest, loved one

n. a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

Verbs (9)

love, feel deep affection for

v. have a great affection or liking for; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him"

love, love passionately, be enamored of, be in love with

v. be enamored or in love with; "She loves her husband deeply"

love, enjoy, be into

v. get pleasure from; "I love cooking"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (182)

admiration, esteem

n. a feeling of delighted approval and liking

admiration, wonder, wonderment

n. the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

passion, passionateness

n. strong feeling or emotion

taste, preference, predilection, penchant

n. a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"

regard

n. a feeling of friendship and esteem; "she mistook his manly regard for love"; "he inspires respect"

zest, relish, gusto, zestfulness

n. vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment

respect, esteem

n. an attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect for him"

stage

n. a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience; "he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box"

item

n. a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection; "they reduced the price on many items"

article

n. one of a class of artifacts; "an article of clothing"

layer

n. single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"

line

n. something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible; "a washing line"

field, plain, champaign

n. extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"

tier

n. one of two or more layers one atop another; "tier upon tier of huge casks"; "a three-tier wedding cake"

chronology

n. a record of events in the order of their occurrence

epic, epic poem

n. a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds

saga

n. a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account

comment, commentary

n. a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"

footnote, footer

n. a printed note placed below the text on a printed page

gloss, rubric

n. an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text

observation, reflection, reflexion

n. a remark expressing careful consideration

account, explanation

n. a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account"

daily, gazette

n. (newspaper)

periodical

n. a publication that appears at fixed intervals

rag, sheet, tabloid

n. newspaper with half-size pages

introduction, insertion, intromission

n. the act of putting one thing into another

yarn, story, tale, narration, narrative

n. the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant"

novel

n. a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

proceedings, minutes, transactions

n. a written account of what transpired at a meeting

interpretation

n. an explanation that results from interpreting something; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence"

judgment, judgement, opinion

n. the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge"

record

n. a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction; "they could find no record of the purchase"

copy, transcript

n. a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)

journal, diary

n. a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations

journal, daybook

n. a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred

n. a book in which names and transactions are listed

n. an official written record of names or events or transactions

study, report

n. a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"

analysis, critique

n. a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed

assessment, appraisal

n. the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth

comment, commentary

n. a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"

review, reappraisal, revaluation, reassessment

n. a new appraisal or evaluation

line

n. text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen; "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza"

article

n. nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

yarn, story, tale, narration, narrative

n. the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant"

falsehood, falsity, untruth, false statement

n. a false statement

fabrication, fiction, fable

n. a deliberately false or improbable account

magnification, exaggeration, overstatement

n. making to seem more important than it really is

story, fib, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle

n. a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"

ballad, lay

n. a narrative poem of popular origin

rhyme, rime

n. correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)

description, verbal description

n. a statement that represents something in words

account, explanation

n. a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account"

summary, summarization

n. a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions"

fable, parable, allegory, apologue

n. a short moral story (often with animal characters)

legend, fable

n. a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

fiction

n. a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

epic, epic poem

n. a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds

myth

n. a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people

saga

fantasy, phantasy

n. fiction with a large amount of imagination in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies"

account, story, history, chronicle

n. a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"

novel

n. a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

statement, financial statement

n. a document showing credits and debits

essay, composition, paper, theme, report

n. an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition"

version

n. an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint; "his version of the fight was different from mine"

chronology

n. a record of events in the order of their occurrence

study, report

n. a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"

fiance, groom-to-be

n. a man who is engaged to be married

husband, hubby, married man

n. a married man; a woman's partner in marriage

wife, married woman

n. a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

angel, saint, holy man, holy person

n. person of exceptional holiness

admire, look up to

v. feel admiration for

fancy, go for, take to, have a fancy for

v. have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window"

worship, revere, idolize, hero-worship

v. love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles"

fancy, go for, take to, have a fancy for

v. have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window"

treasure, prize, value, appreciate, hold dear

v. hold dear; "I prize these old photographs"

relish, savor, savour, enjoy, bask in

v. derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory"

Synonyms (0)

Antonyms (20)

hate, hatred

n. the emotion of hate; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action

anger, ire, choler

n. a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

antipathy, aversion, distaste

n. a feeling of intense dislike

contempt, scorn, disdain

n. lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"

misanthropy

n. hatred of mankind

fabrication, fiction, fable

n. a deliberately false or improbable account

hate, detest, dislike intensely

v. dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards; "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians"

dislike, feel distaste for

v. have or feel a dislike or distaste for; "I really dislike this salesman"

love story

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