love (countable and uncountable; plural loves)

1. (uncountable) An intense feeling of affectionand caretowards another person.

   A mother’s love is not easily shaken.

2. (uncountable) A deep or abiding likingfor something.

   My love of cricket knows no bounds.

3. (uncountable) A profound and caring attraction towards someone.

   Your love is the most important thing in my life.

4. (uncountable) A condition in which the happiness of another is essential to one's own happiness. (Paraphrased from a definition offered by Robert A. Heinlein, in Stranger in a Strange Land, 1961)
5. (countable) The object of one’s romantic feelings; a darlingor sweetheart

   I met my love by the gasworks wall.

6.  A term of address, regardless of feelings.

   Hello, love, how can I help you?

7. (racquet sports) zero, no score.

   So that’s fifteen-love to Kournikova.

 Synonyms

• (darling, sweetheart): baby, darling, lover, pet, sweetheart, honey, love bird
• (term of address): mate, lover. darling, sweety

Antonyms

• (strong affection): hate, hatred, angst; malice, spite
• (absence of love): indifference.