Romantic

Quick meaning: Romantic is an adjective meaning Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person).

Meaning

Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person).

More Meanings

1. Experiencing romantic attraction.
2. A person with romantic character (a character like those of the knights in a mythic romance).
3. Having the qualities of romance (in the sense of something appealing deeply to the imagination); invoking on a powerfully sentimental idea of life; evocative, atmospheric.
4. Pertaining to an idealised form of love (originally, as might be felt by the heroes of a romance); conducive to romance; loving, affectionate.
5. Alternative letter-case form of Romantic
6. (obsolete) Fictitious, imaginary.
7. (chiefly historical) Of a work of literature, a writer etc.: being like or having the characteristics of a romance, or poetic tale of a mythic or quasi-historical time; fantastic.

Example Sentences

Their kiss started casually, but it slowly turned romantic.

Mary sighed, knowing her ideals were far too romantic to work in reality.

Somehow she wasn't a real sister, but that only made her the more romantic.

But here is an artist. He desires to paint you the dreamiest, shadiest, quietest, most enchanting bit of romantic landscape in all the valley of the Saco.

Word Forms

• romantick
• romantics

Synonyms for romantic

Depending on context, synonyms include allo, alloromantic, amorous, amatory, loving, impractical.

Antonyms for romantic

Common opposites include antiromantic, aromantic, platonic, nonsexual, classicist.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include romanticist, romanticistic, loving, amorous, amatory, quixotic.

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