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Loving

🔄 Synonyms of "Loving"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

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tendernounSensitive or painful to the touch.
smittenIn love.
infatuatedFoolishly or unreasoningly fond of, attracted to or in love with (someone); besotted.
enamoredIn love, amorous.
amorousInclined or having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment.
warmverbOf a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.
affectionateverb(of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
fondnounHaving a liking or affection (for). [(chiefly) with of]
dotingnounCharacterized by giving love and affection.
captivatedrapt; mesmerized
amatoryOf or relating to love, especially sexual love.
caringnoun(of a person) Kind, sensitive, or empathetic.
amativePertaining to love; amorous.
crazynounVery excited or enthusiastic.
dottynoun(British, Australia, colloquial) Mildly insane or eccentric; often, senile.
charmedImpressed by the pleasantness of something.
idolatrousPartaking in idolatry; worshipping idols or false gods.
adoringnounShowing adoration or admiration.
caressingnounA caress.
gaganoun(informal) Infatuated.
lovesomeWorthy of love; having qualities that inspire love; lovable.
caressivenounHaving the nature of a caress; gentle, soothing.
uxoriousVery devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife; showing excessive uxorial devotion
admiringnounFeeling or showing admiration.
affectioned(archaic) Feeling a certain affection (for); disposed.

↔️ Antonyms of "Loving"

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WordDefinition
unlovingNot loving.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Loving"

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WordDefinition
lovesomeWorthy of love; having qualities that inspire love; lovable.
loverly(UK, nonstandard, pronunciation spelling) lovely
enamoredIn love, amorous.
loverlikeBefitting or characteristic of a lover.
amativePertaining to love; amorous.
smittenIn love.
infatuatedFoolishly or unreasoningly fond of, attracted to or in love with (someone); besotted.
amorousInclined or having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment.
amatoryOf or relating to love, especially sexual love.
affectionateverb(of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
dotingnounCharacterized by giving love and affection.
fondverbHaving a liking or affection (for). [(chiefly) with of]
affectioned(archaic) Feeling a certain affection (for); disposed.
romanticnounPertaining to an idealised form of love (originally, as might be felt by the heroes of a romance); conducive to romance; loving, affectionate.
adoringnounShowing adoration or admiration.
charmedImpressed by the pleasantness of something.
overfondExcessively fond.
caressivenounHaving the nature of a caress; gentle, soothing.
caressingnounA caress.
tenderheartedCompassionate for another's distress.

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