romance in WordNet English dictionary

1. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
   "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
   chat up  flirt  dally  butterfly  coquet  coquette  romance  philander  mash 
   
2. make amorous advances towards
   "John is courting Mary"
   woo  court  romance  solicit 
   
3. tell romantic or exaggerated lies
   "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country"
   romance 
   
4. have a love affair with
   romance 
   

1. a relationship between two lovers
   love affair  romance 
   
2. a story dealing with love
   love story  romance 
   
3. an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
   romanticism  romance 
   
4. a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
   romance