non-romance adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Not of or pertaining to romance.The initial going is slow, but if you hang in there with Patricia Gaffney's first non-romance novel, the rewards are bountiful. — 1999 noun1 •Something that is not a romance.The author had, like Bob, become embroiled in a maddening non-romance with a Soho courtesan, Lily Connolly (she had thought it was spelt Conerlly). — 2004 formsnon-romances
