romantic

  • (a) belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts
    • romantic poetry
    romanticist, romanticistic,
  • (s) expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance
    • her amatory affairs
    • amorous glances
    • a romantic adventure
    • a romantic moonlight ride
    amatory, amorous,
  • (s) 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
    quixotic, wild-eyed,

Nouns

  • (n) a soulful or amorous idealist
  • (n) an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism romanticist,

Synonyms

romanticist romanticistic amatory amorous quixotic wild-eyed

Antonyms

classicist

Words of close approximity

romantically romanticisation romanticise romanticism romanticist romanticistic romanticization romanticize Romantic Movement romantic realism