You love a girl. You also have a crush on another girl who works in your office. You also lust after a neighborhood girl. What word would you use to describe all of them? Your "romances"? Your "affairs"? Your "heartthrobs"? Maybe "amorous affairs" looks good. Is it possible to come up with a single word to describe "amorous affairs"? What is the plural of amorous?
It looks like heartthrobs is used for only men. Is there any other word to mean both men and women crush, love and lust?
I'm looking for the word to describe the list of people that I have a crush, love, and lust. I'm looking for one single word if possible.
So far, the best words I got are sweethearts and romances. But I'm looking for a better, more accurate word.
Still, if you're not sure what I'm asking Read this. If I have borrowed money, a property, a thing from the list of people, I can use the word "lenders" to describe them, right? So, if I a have crush on a list of people. On each of them, I have a different type of crushes like love, lust, infatuation, etc. Which single word I can use to describe them?
Best Answer
I think love interests or romantic interests could work, given OP's latest context.
From tvtropes.org,
The list includes Girl Next Door, Girl of My Dreams, and Hello, Nurse!.
When applied to real life, I think love interest is just as flexible. A love interest is basically a person that you are romantically interested in. This could range from something small, like going on a few dates, to something big, like love and marriage.
A romantic interest is similar to a love interest, with the possible nuance that a romantic interest concerns more casual relationships.
I wasn't able to find any reputable dictionary sources, so I imagine that the definitions vary from one person's opinion to another. However, if you call these girls your love interests, I think people will get the point that you are interested in them romantically or that you pursuing them romantically to some degree as described above.
By the way, you could also say that you are interested in these girls, or into them. They mean that you have a some kind of romantic interest in them, though it suggests a casual one. I don't think it would include "loving" someone, unless it's unrequited love.