Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of love
comparative more loved · superlative most loved
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveBeing the object of love.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveheld dear
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishġelufod
- Middle Englishloved
- Old Englishlufode
- Middle Englishloved
- Englishloved
From Middle English loved, luvd, from Old English lufode, first and third person singular past indicative of lufian; and Middle English loved, iloved, from Old English ġelufod, past participle of lufian; both equivalent to love + -ed.
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Arabic مَحْبُوب
- مَحْبُوب (maḥbūb)being the object of love
Finnish rakastettu
- rakastettubeing the object of love
French aimé, adoré
- aimébeing the object of love
- adorébeing the object of love
German geliebt
- geliebtbeing the object of love
Hebrew אהוב
- אהוב (ahúv)being the object of love
Hungarian szeretett, szeretve
- szeretettbeing the object of love
- szeretvebeing the object of love
Japanese 愛され
- 愛されbeing the object of love
Latvian mīlēja
- mīlējabeing the object of love
Lithuanian mylėjo
- mylėjobeing the object of love
Portuguese amado
- amadobeing the object of love
Romanian iubit, drag
- iubitbeing the object of love
- dragbeing the object of love
- scumpbeing the object of love
Russian люби́мый
- люби́мый (ljubímyj)being the object of love
Spanish amado
- amadobeing the object of love
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with loved
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Cite this entry
loved. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loved
“loved.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loved. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “loved,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loved.
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