Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| adorable | worthy of being adored. |
| adorably | (Adv.) ADORABLE, worthy of being adored. |
| adoration | the act of adoring. |
| adore | to love deeply. |
| adorer | one that adores. |
| adoringly | (Adv.) ADORING, deeply loving. |
| affable | easy to talk to. |
| affably | (Adv.) AFFABLE, easy to talk to. |
| affection | a fond feeling; (verb) to love. |
| affectionate | having affection or warm regard. |
| affectionately | (Adv.) AFFECTIONATE, having affection or warm regard. |
| ailourophile | a cat-lover. |
| ailourophilia | the love of cats. |
| ailurophile | a cat-lover. |
| ailurophilia | the love of cats. |
| amative | strongly moved by love esp sexual love. |
| amatively | (Adv.) AMATIVE, amorous. |
| amativeness | the state of being amative. |
| amatorial | of or pertaining to a lover or to love making; as, amatorial verses. |
| amatorially | (Adv.) AMATORIAL, of or pertaining to a lover or to love making. |
| amatorian | amatory. |
| amatorious | amatory. |
| amatory | relating to love. |
| amiable | (Fr.) of a sweet and loving disposition. |
| amiableness | the state of being amiable. |
| amiably | (Adv.) AMIABLE, of a sweet and loving disposition. |
| amicability | the state of being amicable. |
| amicable | friendly. |
| amicably | (Adv.) AMICABLE, friendly. |
| amorance | the state of being in love; romantic love. |
| amorant | in a state of amorance, in love. |
| amorism | a love affair. |
| amoristic | amorous. |
| amorosity | the quality of being amorous. |
| amorous | pertaining to love. |
| amorously | (Adv.) AMOROUS, pertaining to love. |
| amour | (Fr.) love. |
| anglophil | one who loves the English. |
| anglophile | one who loves the English. |
| anglophilia | love of England or the English language. |
| anglophilic | having a love for things English. |
| arctophilia | the love of teddy-bears. |
| aroha | (Maori) love, compassion. |
| assott | (Spenser) infatuated. |
| belove | (Obs.) to love. |
| beloved | one who is loved. |
| besot | to infatuate. |
| besottedly | (Adv.) BESOTTED. |
| besottedness | the state of being besotted. |
| bibliophil | a lover of books. |
| bibliophile | a lover of books. |
| bibliophilic | loving books. |
| bibliophilistic | of or like a bibliophile, a lover of books. |
| canophilia | the love of dogs. |
| canophilist | a lover of dogs. |
| caresser | one who caresses. |
| caritas | (Lat.) love, charity. |
| cartophile | a lover of maps. |
| cher | (Fr.) dear. |
| cherish | to hold dear. |
| cherisher | one who cherishes. |
| cherishingly | (Adv.) CHERISHING. |
| cherishment | the act of cherishing. |
| chrysophilite | a lover of gold. |
| cocker | to pamper; to indulge. |
| coddler | one who coddles. |
| coenamor | to inflame with mutual love. |
| coenamour | to enamour jointly. |
| cordialise | to become cordial, fraternise. |
| cordiality | sincere affection and kindness. |
| cordialize | to become cordial, fraternize. |
| cosher | to pamper, coddle. |
| cosset | to fondle or pamper. |
| couthie | (Scots) kind, friendly. |
| couthy | (Scots) kind, friendly. |
| cuddler | one who cuddles. |
| cynophilia | the love of dogs. |
| cynophilist | a lover of dogs. |
| dandle | to dance (a child) on one's knees. |
| dandler | one who dandles or fondles. |
| daut | (Scots) to pet. |
| dautie | (Scots) a pet. |
| dawt | (Scots) to pet. |
| dawtie | (Scots) a pet. |
| devote | to give oneself wholly to. |
| devotedly | (Adv.) DEVOTED. |
| devotedness | the state of being devoted. |
| devotion | the act of devoting. |
| devotionalness | the state of being devotional. |
| discophile | one who loves records. |
| doat | to dote. |
| doater | one who doats. |
| dote | to show excessive affection. |
| doter | one who dotes. |
| dotingly | (Adv.) DOTING, very fond. |
| druther | one's preference. |
| embosom | to hold in the bosom; to cherish in the heart or affection. |
| embracive | disposed to embrace. |
| enamor | (US) to cause to fall in love with. |
| enamour | to cause to fall in love with. |
| endear | to make dear or beloved. |
| endearingly | (Adv.) ENDEARING. |
| engouement | (Fr.) an excessive fondness, an infatuation. |
| engoument | (Fr.) an excessive fondness, an infatuation. |
| eperdu | (Fr.) desperately in love (of a male). |
| eperdue | (Fr.) desperately in love (of a female). |
| epris | (Fr.) captivated or smitten (of a male). |
| eprise | (Fr.) captivated or smitten (of a female). |
| esthete | a lover of fine things. |
| europhilia | the love of Europe and things European. |
| fancier | one who fancies. |
| fancy | elaborate (verb) to be fond of |
| filiopietistic | marked by excessive veneration of ancestors. |
| fond | kindly disposed (verb, obs.) to dote |
| fondler | one who fondles. |
| fondlingly | (Adv.) FONDLING. |
| fondly | (Adv.) FOND, kindly disposed. |
| fondness | affection. |
| francophil | a lover of France and French things. |
| francophile | a lover of France and French things. |
| geophilic | loving the earth. |
| heartthrob | an object of affection. |
| hippophile | a lover of horses. |
| idolatrise | to worship as an idol, to adore. |
| idolatrize | to worship idols; to pay idolatrous worship. |
| idoliser | one who idolises. |
| imbosom | to hold in the bosom; to cherish in the heart or affection. |
| infatuate | to inspire with foolish or unreasoning passion. |
| infatuatedly | (Adv.) INFATUATED. |
| infatuation | the state of being infatuated. |
| inordinacy | the quality of being inordinate. |
| insoul | to set a soul in; reflexively, to fix one's strongest affections on. |
| likable | capable of being liked. |
| likableness | the state of being likable. |
| likably | (Adv.) LIKABLE, able to be liked. |
| like | similar (noun) one of the same kind; (verb) to feel attracted to |
| likeable | capable of being liked. |
| likeableness | the state of being likeable. |
| likeably | (Adv.) LIKEABLE, capable of being liked. |
| liker | one who likes. |
| loo | (Coll.) a lavatory; (verb) to love. |
| lou | (Scots) to love. |
| lovability | the state of being lovable. |
| lovable | able to be loved. |
| lovableness | the state of being lovable. |
| lovably | (Adv.) LOVABLE, able to be loved. |
| love | great affection (verb) to feel great affection for |
| loveable | able to be loved. |
| loveableness | the state of being loveable. |
| loveably | (Adv.) LOVEABLE, able to be loved. |
| lovelorn | not loved. |
| lovelornness | the state of being lovelorn. |
| loverless | without a lover. |
| lovesick | languishing with love. |
| lovesome | (Arch.) lovely, loving. |
| lovestruck | affected by love for someone. |
| loveworthy | lovable; (noun) a person worthy of being loved. |
| lovingly | (Adv.) LOVING, affectionate. |
| lovingness | affection; kind regard. |
| lurve | (Sl.) romantic love. |
| mycophile | one who loves fungi. |
| neophile | one who loves novelty and trends. |
| opsomaniac | one who loves a certain kind of food, bordering on madness. |
| outlove | to surpass in loving. |
| overfond | fond to excess. |
| overfondly | (Adv.) OVERFOND, fond to excess. |
| overfondness | the state of being overfond. |
| overlove | to love to excess. |
| patriotism | love for or devotion to one's country. |
| philhellene | one who loves Greece. |
| philogynous | loving women. |
| philogyny | the love of women. |
| philologist | a person who studies or has knowledge of philology. |
| philomath | a lover of learning; a scholar. |
| popular | well-liked (noun) something popular |
| predilection | an established preference for something. |
| preloved | previously loved. |
| rapport | (Fr.) a relationship, esp harmonious. |
| retrophilia | love of things of the past. |
| sensualize | to make sensual. |
| smaak | (S. Afr.) to like or love. |
| smickly | amorously. |
| spooney | foolishly fond; (noun) one who is spooney. |
| spoonily | (Adv.) SPOONY, foolishly fond. |
| spoony | foolishly fond (noun) one who is foolishly fooled |
| tendre | (Fr.) a tender feeling, a fondness. |
| tendresse | (Fr.) a tender feeling, a fondness. |
| tiddle | to use with tenderness; to fondle. |
| topophilia | great love or affection for a particular place. |
| undear | not dear. |
| unfeigned | not feigned; not counterfeit. |
| unfeignedly | (Adv.) UNFEIGNED, not feigned; not counterfeit. |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife. |
| uxoriously | (Adv.) UXORIOUS, excessively fond of or submissive to a wife. |
| uxoriousness | the state of being uxorious. |
| virtu | (Fr.) a love of the fine arts; a taste for the curious. |
| xenophile | one who loves foreigners. |