Definition of romantic Romantic

/ɹowmæˈntɪk/ - [rowmantik] - ro•man•tic

We found 16 definitions of romantic from 5 different sources.

What does romantic mean?

Noun Plural: romantics
romantic - a soulful or amorous idealist
romantic - an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism
		romanticist
		artist, creative person a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
Adjective
romantic - belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts; "romantic poetry"
		romanticist, romanticistic
romantic - expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; "her amatory affairs"; "amorous glances"; "a romantic adventure"; "a romantic moonlight ride"
		amatory, amorous
		loving feeling or showing love and affection; "loving parents"; "loving glances"
romantic - not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic; "as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood"; "a romantic disregard for money"; "a wild-eyed dream of a world state"
		quixotic, wild-eyed
		impractical not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters; "refloating the ship proved impractical because of the expense"; "he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work"; "an impractical solution"

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romantic (Noun)
A person with romantic character.
romantic (Noun)
A person who is behaving romantically.
romantic (Adjective)
Fantastic, unrealistic of an idea etc. ; fanciful, sentimental, impractical of a person.
romantic (Adjective)
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.
romantic (Adjective)
Pertaining to an idealised form of love originally, as might be felt by the heroes of a romance; conducive to romance; loving, affectionate.

romantic (a.)
Of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal; as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion; a romantic undertaking.
romantic (a.)
Entertaining ideas and expectations suited to a romance; as, a romantic person; a romantic mind.
romantic (a.)
Of or pertaining to the style of the Christian and popular literature of the Middle Ages, as opposed to the classical antique; of the nature of, or appropriate to, that style; as, the romantic school of poets.
romantic (a.)
Characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; -- applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape.