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romantic

/ɹoʊmˈæntɪk/noun, adjective3 syllables

Romantic means: expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance.

Synonyms for romantic8

noun, as in an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism

romanticist

adjective, as in expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance

amatory, amorous, loving

adjective, as in not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic

quixotic, wild-eyed, impractical

adjective, as in belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts

romanticist, romanticistic

What does romantic mean?5

adjective

1

expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance“her amatory affairs”

2

not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic“as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood”

3

belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts“romantic poetry”

noun

1

an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism

2

a soulful or amorous idealist

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with romantic?5

two syllables

four syllables

transatlantic
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Romantic in a sentence

  • I like him, but not in a romantic way.Hybrid
  • I like you, but not in a romantic way.Hybrid
  • The romantic in me is mostly dead, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing.shekitten
  • When my romantic partner is menstruating, she needs dark chocolate.IronBeagle
  • For me, safety comes first in all romantic situations.Nuel
  • You have an imaginative, artistic and pretty romantic personality.neron
  • It would be very romantic to do that.CK
  • He was something of a poet and used to write romantic poems.CS

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of romantic

as a noun

plural
romantics