romantic

Meaning

Adj

1. 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.
2. (obsolete) Fictitious, imaginary.
3. Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person).
4. 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.
5. Pertaining to an idealised form of love (originally, as might be felt by the heroes of a romance); conducive to romance; loving, affectionate.
6. Alternative form of Romantic
7. Experiencing romantic attraction.

Noun

1. A person with romantic character (a character like those of the knights in a mythic romance).
2. A person who is behaving romantically (in a manner befitting someone who feels an idealized form of love).

Concepts

romantic

romanticist

amorous

sentimental

imaginary

quixotic

spicy

idealistic

amatory

wild-eyed

romanticistic

visionary

chic

quaint

queer

strange

stylish

tasty

witty

coquettish

fairytale-like

fantastic

magical

whimsical

wondrous

passinate

dreamy

dreamer

sentimentalist

gushing

unrealistic

starry-eyed

beautiful

extravagant

fanciful

nostalgic

tender

debauched

dissolute

legendary

inspired

poetic

poetical

make-out

Hyphenated as

ro‧man‧tic

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹəʊˈmæntɪk/

Etymology

From romant + -ic, or borrowed from Late Latin romanticus (“(of a poem) having qualities of a romance”). Compare French romantique, which is borrowed from English. Also compare Spanish romántico, Portuguese romântico, Italian romantico, Dutch romantisch, and German romantisch and Romantiker (“a composer of Romantic music”), all of which are borrowed from English or French.

Sentences

It is a romantic landscape garden designed in the English style .