Romantic

[rə(ʊ)'mæntɪk] or [ro'mæntɪk]

Definition

(noun.) a soulful or amorous idealist.

(adj.) belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts; 'romantic poetry' .

Typed by Brandon--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

(a.) Entertaining ideas and expectations suited to a romance; as, a romantic person; a romantic mind.

(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.

(a.) Characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; -- applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape.

Checker: Terrance

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Fanciful, extravagant, sentimental, fantastic, wild, chimerical, Quixotic.

Editor: Ramon

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Fabulous, rhapsodical, wild, extravagant, fanciful, fictitious, sentimental

ANT:Historical, literal, truthful, unromantic, unvarnished, unadorned

Typist: Ruth

Definition

adj. pertaining to or resembling romance: fictitious: extravagant wild: fantastic: sentimental: imaginative.—adv. Roman′tically.—ns. Roman′ticism the revolt from the severity pedanticism and commonplaceness of a classical or pseudo-classical to a more picturesque original free and imaginative style in literature and art marking the close of the 18th century: romantic feeling; Roman′ticist; Roman′ticness.

Checked by Hayes

Examples

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