Romantic

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Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

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Definition of Romantic

adjective

  1. Of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin: Italian, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Catalan, Occitan, Corsican, etc.

adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to Romance.
  2. Of or pertaining to Romanticism.

noun

  1. A person with romantic character (a character like those of the knights in a mythic romance).
  2. A person who is behaving romantically (in a manner befitting someone who feels an idealized form of love).

    "Oh, flowers! You're such a romantic."

adjective

  1. 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.
  2. Fictitious, imaginary.
  3. Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person).

    "Mary sighed, knowing her ideals were far too romantic to work in reality."

  4. 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.
  5. Pertaining to an idealised form of love (originally, as might be felt by the heroes of a romance); conducive to romance; loving, affectionate.

    "Their kiss started casually, but it slowly turned romantic."

Anagrams of Romantic

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Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

romaniclovesome

ANTONYMS

antiromanticaromanticnonromanticunromanticnonsexualplatonic