love affair

noun

1

: a romantic attachment or episode between lovers

2

: a lively enthusiasm

America's love affair with baseball

Synonyms

• affair
• affaire
• amour
• fling
• love
• romance

Examples of love affair in a Sentence

the tabloids feel obliged to keep us informed of the love affairs of celebrities, whether we care to know or not

a group of young men united by their love affair with the muscle car

Recent Examples on the Web

With a plot that flits between past and present, The Notebook follows Allie (Rachel McAdams) and Noah’s (Ryan Gosling) love affair as told by Noah’s older self (James Garner) at a nursing home to his wife (the late, great Gena Rowlands) suffering from Alzheimer’s. —Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2025

My very public and demonstrative love affair with Jo Koy. —H. Alan Scott, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025

Is this a burgeoning love affair or just another con job stacked on top of a labyrinth of deceptions? —Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025

The interactions with locals, oblivious to the outsiders’ real motivations result in some of the most effectively droll scenes: Popa talking about her love affair with a French movie star is cackle worthy. —Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1767, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for love affair

• concessionaire
• abwehr
• affaire
• airfare
• altair
• armchair
• aware
• beware
• bugbear
• carfare
• childcare
• compare

Kids Definition

love affair

noun

: a romantic relationship or incident between lovers