romantic
n.
fanciful or imaginative person; one who is preoccupied with love and passion; follower of the Romantic style in literature and art
adj.
having a loving or passionate quality; fanciful, imaginary, impractical
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romantic
Noun
1. a soulful or amorous idealist
(hypernym) idealist, dreamer
2. an artist of the romantic period or someone influenced by romanticism
(synonym) romanticist
(hypernym) artist, creative person
Adjective
1. belonging to or characteristic of romanticism or the Romantic movement in the arts; "romantic poetry"
(synonym) romanticist, romanticistic
(pertainym) romanticism
2. expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; "her amatory affairs"; "amorous glances"; "a romantic adventure"; "a romantic moonlight ride"
(synonym) amatory, amorous
(similar) loving
3. not sensible about practical matters; unrealistic; "as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood"; "a romantic disregard for money"; "a wild-eyed dream of a world state"
(synonym) quixotic, wild-eyed
(similar) impractical
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.
(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.)
Characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; -- applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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