Meanings
- derogatoryinformaluncountableA childish or youthful infatuation with another person.
They're only teenagers; it's hard to take their puppy love seriously.
1 more example
How does a little girl in the second grade who was raised upper-middle class begin to explain that she's fallen into undeniable puppy love with her second grade teacher, Mrs. Dawson?
1984 December 15, Cindy Rivas, “With a Little Help...”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 22, page 12Synonyms: calf love
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA childish or youthful infatuation with another person.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans kalwerliefde
- kalwerliefdeyouthful infatuation with another person
Chinese Mandarin 早戀 /早恋
- 早戀 /早恋 (zǎoliàn)youthful infatuation with another person
Dutch kalverliefde
- kalverliefdeyouthful infatuation with another person
Esperanto ameto
- ametoyouthful infatuation with another person
Finnish nuori lempi
- nuori lempiyouthful infatuation with another person
French amourette
- amouretteyouthful infatuation with another person
Hungarian diákszerelem, kamaszszerelem
- diákszerelemyouthful infatuation with another person
- kamaszszerelemyouthful infatuation with another person
- bakfisszerelemyouthful infatuation with another person
Malay cinta monyet
- cinta monyetyouthful infatuation with another person
Scottish Gaelic gaol na h-òige
- gaol na h-òigeyouthful infatuation with another person
Cite this entry
puppy love. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puppy%20love
“puppy love.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puppy%20love. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “puppy love,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puppy%20love.
Source: puppy love on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.