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romantic
[roh-man-tik]
adjective
of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance.
a romantic adventure.
not practical; unrealistic; fanciful.
romantic ideas.
imbued with or dominated by idealism, a desire for adventure, chivalry, etc.
characterized by a preoccupation with love or by the idealizing of love or one's beloved.
displaying or expressing love or strong affection.
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 ).
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.
imaginary, fictitious, or fabulous.
Synonyms: unreal, improbableAntonyms: probablenoting, of, or pertaining to the role of a suitor or lover in a play about love.
the romantic lead.
noun
a romantic person.
a romanticist.
romantics, romantic ideas, ways, etc.
romantic
/ rəʊˈmæntɪk /
adjective
of, relating to, imbued with, or characterized by romance
evoking or given to thoughts and feelings of love, esp idealized or sentimental love
a romantic woman
a romantic setting
impractical, visionary, or idealistic
a romantic scheme
euphemistic, imaginary or fictitious
a romantic account of one's war service
(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
a person who is romantic, as in being idealistic, amorous, or soulful
a person whose tastes in art, literature, etc, lie mainly in romanticism; romanticist
(often capital) a poet, composer, etc, of the romantic period or whose main inspiration or interest is romanticism
Other Word Forms
- romantically adverb
- romanticalness noun
- 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
- semiromantic adjective
- semiromantically adverb
- superromantic adjective
- superromantically adverb
- ultraromantic adjective
- unromantic adjective
- unromantically adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of romantic1
Example Sentences
"And if you can stumble across a photo that represents the music and the lyrics, it's really romantic and amazing."
Ms. King is uncannily effective at drawing readers into her sympathetic young heroines’ struggles to find the life and romantic partnerships they crave.
There are tantrums, squabbles and romantic jealousies, but it is mostly an opportunity for bravura singing.
More recently, the retail chain Kohls fired its CEO, Ashley Buchanan, for trying to funnel business to a romantic partner he once worked with.
She’s also less than enamored with her romantic options.
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