not practical or realistic; having too great a desire for idealism, etc.
expressing or strongly interested in love; passionate.
Fine Art, Literature[often: Romantic] of or relating to a style of literature, art, or music that emphasizes imagination, emotion, and inward thinking.
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.
ardent; passionate; fervent.
Fine Art, Literature(usually cap.) of, pertaining 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 (contrasted with classical).
Music and Danceof or pertaining 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.
noting, of, or pertaining to the role of a suitor or lover in a play about love:the romantic lead.
n.
a romantic person.
a romanticist.
romantics, romantic ideas, ways, etc.
French romantique, derivative of romantromaunt; see -ic
1650–60
ro•man′ti•cal•ly, adv. ro•man′ti•cal•ness, n.
2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged extravagant, exaggerated, wild, imaginative, fantastic.
9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged improbable, unreal.
2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged practical, realistic.
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
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
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
Etymology: 17th Century: from French romantique, from obsolete romant story, romance, from Old French romansromanceroˈmantically
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