romantic

Pluralromantics

1. 1
   adjective

   Connected with love and attraction between people, or showing or creating those feelings.

   Like the warm feeling when someone you love holds your hand.

   He planned a romantic dinner with candles and flowers.

   Their very first date was wonderfully romantic.

   UsageSay a romantic dinner or a romantic date.

   Similaramorous, loving, affectionate, tender, intimate

   Oppositeunromantic, platonic

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2. 2
   atmosphericadjective

   Beautiful in a way that stirs strong feelings and the imagination.

   Like a sunset that makes you stop and feel something deep inside.

   The old castle looked romantic in the evening light.

   We walked down a romantic little street lit by lanterns.

   Similarevocative, atmospheric, picturesque, enchanting, dreamy

   Oppositeprosaic

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3. 3
   art movementadjective

   Another spelling of Romantic: about the movement in art, music, and writing of the late 1700s and 1800s.

   She studies romantic poetry from the early 1800s.

   The orchestra played a famous romantic symphony.

   UsageOften written Romantic with a capital for the art of the early 1800s.

   Oppositeclassical

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4. 4
   adjective

   Not realistic or practical, with dreamy ideas that are unlikely to work.

   Like dreaming of being a superhero instead of doing your homework.

   His idea of living off the land with no money is romantic but not realistic.

   She has romantic ideas about quitting her job to paint.

   UsageSay romantic ideas for plans that are not realistic.

   Similaridealistic, unrealistic, impractical, fanciful, starry-eyed

   Oppositerealistic, practical, pragmatic

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5. 5
   nouncountable

   A person who has idealistic, dreamy ideas about love or life, or who likes to show love in sweet ways.

   Like someone who always remembers to do sweet little things for the person they love.

   He's such a romantic, always bringing her flowers.

   Only a true romantic would write a poem like that.

   UsagePeople say a hopeless romantic or such a romantic.

   Similaridealist, dreamer, sentimentalist

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6. 6
   adjectivehistorical

   Describing a story or writer like an old poetic tale of heroes and faraway times.

   Like an old storybook full of brave knights and magic.

   We read a romantic tale about knights and dragons.

   The book is a romantic tale of knights, magic swords, and faraway kingdoms.

   Similarchivalric, fantastic, legendary, mythic

   Oppositerealistic

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