romance

nouns

a relationship between two lovers
love affair, romance
is derived from
romantic
an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
romance, romanticism
a story dealing with love
love story, romance
a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
romance
is derived from
romantic
is a type of (narrower)
an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
novel

verbs

make amorous advances towards
"John is courting Mary"
court, romance, solicit, woo
have a love affair with
romance
is a type of (narrower)
be enamored or in love with
"She loves her husband deeply"
love
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
"The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance
tell romantic or exaggerated lies
"This author romanced his trip to an exotic country"
romance
is a type of (narrower)
tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive
"Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"
lie