be crazy about somebody
to love someone very much – used for emphasis
be crazy about something
(also be mad about something) to be extremely interested in an activity and spend a lot of time doing it or watching it
crazy about somebody/something
liking someone very much, or very interested in something

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like to think that someone or something is nice:
I like your dress – it’s a beautiful colour.
Do you like spaghetti?
What did you like about the movie?
I like travelling by train.
I like to see the children enjoying themselves.
Everybody liked Mr Schofield.
be fond of somebody/something especially British English to like someone or something, especially something that you have liked for a long time or someone who you have known for a long time:
Connie had always been fond of animals.
Over the years, I’ve become quite fond of him.
He had always been fond of drinking at lunchtime, perhaps too fond.
be keen on somebody/something especially British English spoken to like someone or something – often used in negative sentences:
I like Maria but I’m not keen on her husband.
Our English teacher was very keen on Shakespeare, but I couldn’t stand him.
I was keen on all sports at school.
I know he’s keen on opera. Let’s take him to see 'La Traviata'.
I’m quite keen on the idea of having a fancy dress party.
be into something informal to like doing a particular activity or be interested in a particular subject – used especially by young people:
She’s really into music at the moment.
What kind of films are you into?
have a thing about somebody/something informal to like someone or something, especially something surprising or unusual:
I’ve always had a thing about wolves.
He has this thing about tall women.
be partial to something formal to like to have something – often used humorously:
He’s partial to the occasional glass of wine.
something grows on you used when saying that you begin to like something, especially something that you did not like before:
I didn’t like the colour of the room at first, but it’s growing on me.
love/adore to like something very much. Adore is stronger than love but is less common:
I love the smell of coffee.
The children absolutely adore her books.
be crazy about something (also be mad about something British English informal) to be extremely interested in an activity and spend a lot of time doing it or watching it:
Jonah’s crazy about basketball.
She’s always been mad about horses.
have a passion for something to like an activity very much, because it gives you a lot of pleasure or excitement:
From a very early age he had a passion for fast cars.
To be a great performer, you have to work very hard and have a passion for the music you play.
be addicted to something to like doing something so much that you spend all your free time doing it:
My son’s addicted to computer games – he hardly ever comes out of his room.
I started watching the show out of curiosity, but now I’m addicted!
similar adjective almost the same:
Jo said she’d had a similar experience.
The colours are very similar, but I like this one best.
alike adjective [not before noun] very similar - used especially about the way people look or behave:
She and her sister look alike.
Lawyers are all alike - I don’t trust them.
close adjective very similar:
The film bears a close resemblance to real life (=is very similar).
The painting is remarkably close to the original.
much the same very similar:
The glass is still made in much the same way as it was 100 years ago.
People are much the same, wherever you go.
She still looks very much the same.
identical adjective exactly the same:
The two computers were identical in design.
identical names
matching adjective having the same colour, style, pattern etc as something else - used about clothes or furniture that you wear or use together:
She wore matching silver shoes and handbag.
a dining table and matching chairs
akin to something formal fairly similar to something:
These dialects are akin to Arabic, though different in several respects.

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love to like someone very much and care a lot about them – used about people in your family or someone who you are sexually attracted to:
I love my wife and children very much.
Have you ever said ‘I love you’ and not really meant it?
adore to love and admire someone very much:
When she was a child she adored her father.
be in love (with somebody) to feel that you love someone and want to have a romantic relationship with them:
We were both young and very much in love.
Karen was in love with a man who was much older than her.
be infatuated with somebody to love someone a lot and keep thinking about them, in a way that seems silly because you do not know them very well:
He became infatuated with a woman he met at a conference.
have a crush on somebody to love and be sexually attracted to someone you are not having a relationship with, usually someone older:
Jane had a crush on the German teacher.
be crazy about somebody informal to love someone very much – used for emphasis:
She’s crazy about you.
be devoted to somebody to love someone very much and give them a lot of attention:
He was devoted to his wife and his children.
dote on somebody written to love someone very much, especially a much younger family member, and behave very kindly to them:
He dotes on his grandchildren.
be in love
Are you in love with her?
fall in love (=start being in love)
I fell in love with her the minute I saw her.
find love (=meet someone to love)
I never thought I would find love.
return sb’s love (=love someone who loves you)
Estella does not return Pip’s love.
love at first sight (=when you love someone as soon as you meet them)
For Marion and Ron it was love at first sight.
very much in love
They were obviously very much in love.
madly/deeply in love (=very much in love)
I married Dan because I was madly in love.
head over heels in love (=very much in love)
The two of them fell head over heels in love.
love is blind (=used to say that people do not notice the faults of the person they love)
Love is blind, I guess. How else could he stand to be with her?
true love (=real love)
She felt that she had finally found true love.
real love
You could see real love in their eyes.
romantic love
Romantic love was not always the reason for marriage.
sexual love
Venus was the Roman goddess of sexual love.
unrequited love (=love for someone who does not love you)
She had a secret, unrequited love for Harrison.
undying love (=love that does not stop)
She and I swore undying love.
passionate love
He wrote about his passionate love for her.
a love song/story
a tragic love story
a love letter
She found a love letter from another woman in his wallet.
affection noun [uncountable] a gentle feeling of love which makes you want to be kind to someone and show them that you love them – used especially about friends and members of your family:
My mother never showed us us any affection.
Alison and I had been at school together, and I felt great affection for her.
devotion noun [uncountable] very strong love for someone in which you want to give them a lot of attention and look after them – used especially about strong feelings of love for your wife, husband, children etc:
His recovery is largely due to the devotion of his wife and family
passion noun [uncountable] a strong and exciting feeling of love for someone you are extremely sexually attracted to:
He loved her still, with just the same passion as he always had.
There was no passion in their relationship.
infatuation noun [uncountable and countable] a strong feeling of love for someone, in which you cannot stop thinking about them, and which seems silly because you do not know them very well:
She hoped that his ridiculous infatuation would soon wear off.
His infatuation with Diane seemed to be growing.
a childhood infatuation
romance noun [uncountable] the feeling of loving someone and the nice things you do to show this – used about someone you are sexually attracted to:
The romance had gone out of their relationship.
In the UK, one in ten people have found romance over the Internet.
crush noun [countable] a very strong feeling of love and sexual attraction for someone such as a teacher or a famous person, especially when there is no chance of you having a relationship with that person because you are much younger than them :
She had a teenage crush on one of her teachers.
I had a big crush on Tom Cruise when I was growing up.
a schoolgirl crush

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crazy about
crazy about (someone/something)
to like or love someone or something very much.
He was my first love, and I was crazy about him.

Usage notes: often used in the negative form not crazy about to express a lack of enthusiasm about someone or something:
I'm really not crazy about TV, but I occasionally watch a ballgame.

Altho crazy about and mad about are true syns. in most contexts, only crazy about is much used in the negative, & of course mad about is more frequently used non-idiomatically to mean angry about sth.--SL, 8/02

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crazy about something
crazy about (someone/something)
to like or love someone or something very much.
He was my first love, and I was crazy about him.

Usage notes: often used in the negative form not crazy about to express a lack of enthusiasm about someone or something:
I'm really not crazy about TV, but I occasionally watch a ballgame.

Altho crazy about and mad about are true syns. in most contexts, only crazy about is much used in the negative, & of course mad about is more frequently used non-idiomatically to mean angry about sth.--SL, 8/02

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crazy about
• crazy about (someone or something)
to like someone or something very much; think that another person is wonderful
My sister is absolutely crazy about rap music.

My cousin has been crazy about the bank manager for many months now.

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crazy about something
• crazy about (someone or something)
to like someone or something very much; think that another person is wonderful
My sister is absolutely crazy about rap music.

My cousin has been crazy about the bank manager for many months now.

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crazy about someone
crazy about (someone/something)
to like or love someone or something very much.
He was my first love, and I was crazy about him.

Usage notes: often used in the negative form not crazy about to express a lack of enthusiasm about someone or something:
I'm really not crazy about TV, but I occasionally watch a ballgame.

Altho crazy about and mad about are true syns. in most contexts, only crazy about is much used in the negative, & of course mad about is more frequently used non-idiomatically to mean angry about sth.--SL, 8/02

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crazy about someone
• crazy about (someone or something)
to like someone or something very much; think that another person is wonderful
My sister is absolutely crazy about rap music.

My cousin has been crazy about the bank manager for many months now.

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