romantic

[ roh-man-tik ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance:

   a romantic adventure.

2. not practical; unrealistic; fanciful:

   romantic ideas.

   Synonyms: imaginative, wild, exaggerated, extravagant, fantastic

   Antonyms: realistic, pragmatic, practical

3. imbued with or dominated by idealism, a desire for adventure, chivalry, etc.
4. characterized by a preoccupation with love or by the idealizing of love or one's beloved.
5. displaying or expressing love or strong affection.
6. ardent; passionate; fervent.
7. Usually Romantic. of, relating to, or characteristic of a style of literature and art that subordinates form to content, encourages freedom of treatment, emphasizes imagination, emotion, and introspection, and often celebrates nature, the ordinary person, and freedom of the spirit ( classical ).
8. of or relating to a musical style characteristic chiefly of the 19th century and marked by the free expression of imagination and emotion, virtuosic display, experimentation with form, and the adventurous development of orchestral and piano music and opera.
9. imaginary, fictitious, or fabulous.

   Synonyms: unreal, improbable

   Antonyms: probable

10. noting, of, or pertaining to the role of a suitor or lover in a play about love:

    the romantic lead.

noun

1. a romantic person.
2. a romanticist.
3. romantics, romantic ideas, ways, etc.

romantic

/ rəʊˈmæntɪk /

adjective

1. of, relating to, imbued with, or characterized by romance
2. evoking or given to thoughts and feelings of love, esp idealized or sentimental love

   a romantic woman

   a romantic setting

3. impractical, visionary, or idealistic

   a romantic scheme

4. euphemistic.
   imaginary or fictitious

   a romantic account of one's war service

5. often capital of or relating to a movement in European art, music, and literature in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, characterized by an emphasis on feeling and content rather than order and form, on the sublime, supernatural, and exotic, and the free expression of the passions and individuality

noun

1. a person who is romantic, as in being idealistic, amorous, or soulful
2. a person whose tastes in art, literature, etc, lie mainly in romanticism; romanticist
3. often capital a poet, composer, etc, of the romantic period or whose main inspiration or interest is romanticism

Derived Forms

• roˈmantically, adverb

Other Words From

• ro·man·ti·cal·ly adverb
• ro·man·ti·cal·ness noun
• an·ti·ro·man·tic adjective noun
• half-ro·man·tic adjective
• half-ro·man·ti·cal·ly adverb
• hy·per·ro·man·tic adjective
• hy·per·ro·man·ti·cal·ly adverb
• non·ro·man·tic adjective noun
• non·ro·man·ti·cal·ly adverb
• post-Ro·man·tic adjective
• pre·ro·man·tic adjective
• pro·ro·man·tic adjective
• pseu·do·ro·man·tic adjective
• pseu·do·ro·man·ti·cal·ly adverb
• qua·si-ro·man·tic adjective
• qua·si-ro·man·ti·cal·ly adverb
• sem·i·ro·man·tic adjective
• sem·i·ro·man·ti·cal·ly adverb
• su·per·ro·man·tic adjective
• su·per·ro·man·ti·cal·ly adverb
• ul·tra·ro·man·tic adjective
• un·ro·man·tic adjective
• un·ro·man·ti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of romantic¹

First recorded in 1650–60; from French romantique, derivative of romant romaunt; -ic

Word History and Origins

Origin of romantic¹

C17: from French romantique , from obsolete romant story, romance, from Old French romans romance

Example Sentences

In a year like this, that non-romantic sending, using Valentine’s Day to express gratitude, is really important.

From Vox

The singer, 42, has not only gifted fans with one chart-topping romantic ballad after another over the years, but he’s also made headlines time and time again by paying tribute to his soulmate and muse, wife Chrissy Teigen.

From Essence.com

Marketers are also expanding ad messages to include more than just romantic partners.

From Digiday

Cozying up with your live-in partnerIf your romantic partner already lives with you, chances are you’re both breathing in the same air and have the most options out of anyone to enjoy Valentine’s Day.

From Popular-Science

The most romantic gifts you can buy for someone—outside of symbolic items like jewelry—are those that show your investment in and awareness of your special someone’s interests and areas of need.

From Popular-Science

Within a few swipes, I was already feeling that burst of romantic optimism you need the first day of the (Christian) new year.

From The Daily Beast

Yet, what my peers do not realize – or cannot handle – is that rejection is a necessary part of forging a romantic relationships.

From The Daily Beast

We want committed romantic relationships just as we always have, but something is getting in the way of us achieving them.

From The Daily Beast

For all that we may wish it to be, “dating” simply is not the dominant romantic culture here.

From The Daily Beast

In a romantic relationship, facing humiliation or awkwardness is a strong possibility.

From The Daily Beast

"It's always the way with them," sighed Miss Grains, who suffered from a complication of romantic tendency and very tight stays.

From Project Gutenberg

Thereafter he ran away from school twice, having been seized with a romantic and irresistible desire to see and shoot a lion!

From Project Gutenberg

It was the well-known extension en seconde; a favourite trick among Parisian swordsmen of the Romantic school.

From Project Gutenberg

If she had had "some smashing love affair," as the more romantic Flora suggested, so much the better.

From Project Gutenberg

His name is less romantic than those of the wonted demons of legend and folklore.

From Project Gutenberg

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