Love \Love\, n.[OE. love, luve, AS. lufe, lufu; akin to E. lief, believe, L. lubet, libet,it pleases, Skr. lubh to be lustful. See Lief.]

Synonyms: love, affection, devotion, fondness, infatuation These nouns denote feelings of warm personal attachment or strong attraction to another person.

• Love is the most intense: marrying for love.
• Affection is a less ardent and more unvarying feeling of tender regard: parental affection.
• Devotion is earnest, affectionate dedication and implies selflessness: teachers admired for their devotion to children.
• Fondness is strong liking or affection: a fondness for small animals.
• A person who is the object of deep or intense affection or attraction; beloved. Often used as a term of endearment.
• Infatuation is foolish or extravagant attraction, often of short duration: lovers blinded to their differences by their mutual infatuation.