Courtship

What do we mean by courtship?

The act, process, or period of courting. noun

Specialized behavior in animals that leads to or initiates mating. noun

The act of paying court to dignitaries, especially for the purpose of gaining favors; the paying of interested respect and attention; the practices of a courtier. noun

The wooing of a woman; the series of attentions paid by a man to a woman for the purpose of gaining her love and ultimately her hand in marriage, or the mutual interest engendered and avowed between them, antecedent to a declaration of love or an engagement of marriage. noun

Courtly behavior; refinement; elegance of manners, speech, etc., such as is becoming at court. noun

Political artifice; court policy; finesse. noun

The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor. noun

The act of wooing in love; solicitation of woman to marriage. noun

Courtliness; elegance of manners; courtesy. noun

Court policy; the character of a courtier; artifice of a court; court-craft; finesse. noun

The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor. noun

The act of wooing in love; solicitation of woman to marriage. noun

Courtliness; elegance of manners; courtesy. noun

Court policy; the character of a courtier; artifice of a court; court-craft; finesse. noun

A man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage) noun

The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor.

The act of wooing in love; solicitation of woman to marriage or other romantic relationship.

Courtliness; elegance of manners; courtesy.

Court policy; the character of a courtier; artifice of a court; court-craft; finesse.

Words that are spelled similarly to courtship:
courtship, countship, curship, courtships.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word courtship:
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Words that rhyme with courtship:
ship, strip, trip, slip, tip, dip, relationship, chip, clip, flip, grip, whip, rip, drip, pip, hip, quip, fellowship, skip, bip, nip, leadership, lip, stewardship, scholarship, flagship, kip, partnership, zip, snip, ownership, blip, internship, sip, scrip, censorship, equip, ip, kinship, gyp, citizenship, companionship, outstrip, apprenticeship, brinkmanship, authorship, sponsorship, grippe, crip, dictatorship, spaceship, championship, membership, conservatorship, workmanship, craftsmanship, roundtrip, airship, starship, yip, distributorship, receivership, sheep dip, microchip, sportsmanship, battleship, dealership, airstrip, fingertip, warship, readership, thrip, partisanship, showmanship, blue chip, proprietorship, unzip, round trip, gamesmanship, professorship, one-upmanship, trusteeship, steamship, brinksmanship, upmanship, bipartisanship, gunship, buggy whip, pink slip, wing tip, directorship, governorship, chairmanship, headship, bulldog clip, generalship, consulship, lightship, smart as a whip, buffalo chip.

Adjectives that are often used to describe courtship:
long, brief, short, romantic, year, serious, successful, religious, male, early, strange, prolonged, elaborate, ardent, traditional, formal, modern, secret, heterosexual, curious, lengthy, stormy, protracted, month, unsuccessful, proper, normal, quasi, true, intense, sexual, passionate, extended, preliminary, whirlwind, assiduous, clandestine, actual, conventional, rustic, happy, active, singular, victorian, persistent, century, slow, sweet, animal, distance, literary, complex, copulatory, difficult, class, mutual, typical, tempestuous, quick, rural, female, rapid, premarital, day, failed, unusual, primitive, week, swift, aggressive, fashioned, hasty, adolescent, gentle, rough.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective courtship:
behavior, marriage, role, display.

Words that sound like courtship:
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