Flame
Flame noun - A person with whom one is in love.
Usage example: decided to look up an old flame while she was in town
Love is a synonym for flame in infatuation topic. In some cases you can use "Love" instead a noun "Flame", when it comes to topics like crush, sweetheart, lover.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old flame | old love |
| long | long flame | long love |
| original | original flame | original love |
| true | true flame | true love |
| Other adjectives: single, romantic, strong, actual, real, big, intense, little, main, hot, former. | ||
Common collocations
| isn't | flame isn't | love isn't |
Both words in one sentence
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On Adventure Time, Flame Princess is the second love for Finn, since his old crush Princess Bubblegum considered herself too old for him (even before the reveal of her real age.)
Source: Second Love - Flame Princess was more popular than the alternate love interest for Finn despite only having 15 episode appearances.
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He spends an intensive night of love-making with Devi Yasmina of Vendhya , an old flame of his, and later accepts the sexual reward offered by a Chinese girl whose life he saved.
Source: Your Cheating Heart
Cite this Source
Love and Flame. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/flame/love
Flame & Love. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/flame/love>.
Love or Flame. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/flame/love.
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