romantic
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance.
a romantic adventure.
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not practical; unrealistic; fanciful.
romantic ideas.
- Synonyms:
- fantastic, imaginative, wild, exaggerated, extravagant
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imbued with or dominated by idealism, a desire for adventure, chivalry, etc.
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characterized by a preoccupation with love or by the idealizing of love or one's beloved.
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displaying or expressing love or strong affection.
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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 ).
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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.
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imaginary, fictitious, or fabulous.
- Synonyms:
- unreal, improbable
- Antonyms:
- probable
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noting, of, or pertaining to the role of a suitor or lover in a play about love.
the romantic lead.
noun
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a romantic person.
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a romanticist.
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romantics, romantic ideas, ways, etc.
adjective
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of, relating to, imbued with, or characterized by romance
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evoking or given to thoughts and feelings of love, esp idealized or sentimental love
a romantic woman
a romantic setting
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impractical, visionary, or idealistic
a romantic scheme
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euphemistic imaginary or fictitious
a romantic account of one's war service
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(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
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a person who is romantic, as in being idealistic, amorous, or soulful
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a person whose tastes in art, literature, etc, lie mainly in romanticism; romanticist
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(often capital) a poet, composer, etc, of the romantic period or whose main inspiration or interest is romanticism
Other Word Forms
- antiromantic adjective
- half-romantic adjective
- half-romantically adverb
- hyperromantic adjective
- hyperromantically adverb
- nonromantic adjective
- nonromantically adverb
- post-Romantic adjective
- preromantic adjective
- proromantic adjective
- pseudoromantic adjective
- pseudoromantically adverb
- quasi-romantic adjective
- quasi-romantically adverb
- romantically adverb
- romanticalness noun
- semiromantic adjective
- semiromantically adverb
- superromantic adjective
- superromantically adverb
- ultraromantic adjective
- unromantic adjective
- unromantically adverb
Etymology
Origin of romantic
First recorded in 1650–60; from French romantique, derivative of romant romaunt; -ic
Example Sentences
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Many adults want romantic relationships, but for people with learning disabilities it is much harder and sometimes even impossible.
From BBC
What was the lay of conversation for what you wanted from that moment — there’s the acknowledgment of their trauma bond and a slightly romantic unproposal?
From Los Angeles Times
Holiday programming — and the breezy, romantic fare Hallmark has become known for — has become increasingly popular with audiences.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s a very romantic comedy, one that reunites the married actors on screen for the first time since 2004.
“Maybe I was hyper-emotional from everything that had happened, but I remember being so struck,” that the special celebrated platonic love over romantic love, Jeong said.
From Los Angeles Times
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