Antonyms of noun love

1 of 6 senses of love

Sense 1
love -- (a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love")
       Antonym of hate (Sense 1)
      => hate, hatred -- (the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun love

6 senses of love

Sense 1
love -- (a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love")
       => emotion -- (any strong feeling)

Sense 2
love, passion -- (any object of warm affection or devotion; "the theater was her first love"; "he has a passion for cock fighting";)
       => object -- (the focus of cognitions or feelings; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection")

Sense 3
beloved, dear, dearest, honey, love -- (a beloved person; used as terms of endearment)
       => lover -- (a person who loves someone or is loved by someone)

Sense 4
love, sexual love, erotic love -- (a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction; "their love left them indifferent to their surroundings"; "she was his first love")
       => sexual desire, eros, concupiscence, physical attraction -- (a desire for sexual intimacy)

Sense 5
love -- (a score of zero in tennis or squash; "it was 40 love")
       => score -- (a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0")

Sense 6
sexual love, lovemaking, making love, love, love life -- (sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people; "his lovemaking disgusted her"; "he hadn't had any love in months"; "he has a very complicated love life")
       => sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity -- (activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat")

Antonyms of verb love

1 of 4 senses of love

Sense 1
love -- (have a great affection or liking for; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him")
       Antonym of hate (Sense 1)
      => hate, detest -- (dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards; "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb love

4 senses of love

Sense 1
love -- (have a great affection or liking for; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him")

Sense 2
love, enjoy -- (get pleasure from; "I love cooking")
       => like -- (find enjoyable or agreeable; "I like jogging"; "She likes to read Russian novels")

Sense 3
love -- (be enamored or in love with; "She loves her husband deeply")
       => love -- (have a great affection or liking for; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him")

Sense 4
sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk -- (have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?")
       => copulate, mate, pair, couple -- (engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring")

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