ROMANTIC

amatory, amorous, romantic

(adjective) expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; “her amatory affairs”; “amorous glances”; “a romantic adventure”; “a romantic moonlight ride”

quixotic, romantic, wild-eyed

(adjective) 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”

romantic, romanticist, romanticistic

(adjective) belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts; “romantic poetry”

romantic

(noun) a soulful or amorous idealist

romanticist, romantic

(noun) an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

romantic (comparative more romantic, superlative most romantic)

(chiefly historical) Of a work of literature, a writer etc.: being like or having the characteristics of a romance, or poetic tale of a mythic or quasi-historical time; fantastic. [from 17th c.]

(obsolete) Fictitious, imaginary. [17th-20th c.]

Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person). [from 17th c.]

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. [from 17th c.]

Pertaining to an idealised form of love (originally, as might be felt by the heroes of a romance); conducive to romance; loving, affectionate. [from 18th c.]

Synonym: lovesome

Antonyms: platonic, nonsexual

Alternative form of Romantic [from 18th c.]

Antonyms

• nonromantic, unromantic, antiromantic, aromantic

Noun

romantic (plural romantics)

A person with romantic character (a character like those of the knights in a mythic romance).

A person who is behaving romantically (in a manner befitting someone who feels an idealized form of love).

Adjective

Romantic (comparative more Romantic, superlative most Romantic)

Of or pertaining to Romance.

Of or pertaining to Romanticism.

(informal, linguistics) synonym of Romance

Source: Wiktionary

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Ro*man"tic, a. Etym: [F. romantique, fr. OF. romant. See Romance.]

1. Of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal; as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion; a romantic undertaking. Can anything in nature be imagined more profane and impious, more absurd, and undeed romantic, than such a persuasion South. Zeal for the good of one's country a party of men have represented as chimerical and romantic. Addison.

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

3. 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.

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

Syn.

– Sentimental; fanciful; fantastic; fictitious; extravagant; wild; chimerical. See Sentimental. The romantic drama. See under Drama.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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