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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.
Synonyms: imaginative, wild, exaggerated, extravagant, fantastic
- 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, improbable
Antonyms: probable
- noting, 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
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
Word History and Origins
Origin of romantic1
Example Sentences
Citing a police report, local news outlets said Mr Durham and Ms Boudreaux were previously in a romantic relationship.
Nessa and Boq then join hands for a brief but jubilant dance break that ends up being one of the movie’s most romantic scenes.
Halfway through, he ran to the piano and tapped out a “somber and slow” waltz idea, and on top of it a dark, coiling melody — with “something off but also maybe something romantic in it.”
Steeped in Gothic and Renaissance-era references, Bernad’s romantic designs feature almost exclusively antique lace and crochet in shades of cream and ivory, and sometimes black or the softest pink.
Charging documents, which identify the event planner only by the initials R.C., say the plot against him grew to include his romantic partner.
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