romantic

ro·man·tic  (r-mntk)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of romance.

2. Given to thoughts or feelings of romance. See Synonyms at sentimental.

3. Displaying, expressive of, or conducive to love: a romantic atmosphere.

4. Imaginative but impractical; visionary: romantic notions.

5. Not based on fact; imaginary or fictitious: His memoirs were criticized as a romantic view of the past.

6. often Romantic Of or characteristic of romanticism in the arts.

n.

1. A romantic person.

2. often Romantic A follower or adherent of romanticism.

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[French romantique, from obsolete romant, romance, from Old French romans, romant-, romance; see romance.]

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ro·manti·cal·ly adv.

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romantic [rəʊˈmæntɪk]

adj

1. of, relating to, imbued with, or characterized by romance

2. evoking or given to thoughts and feelings of love, esp idealized or sentimental love a romantic woman a romantic setting

3. impractical, visionary, or idealistic a romantic scheme

4. Often euphemistic imaginary or fictitious a romantic account of one's war service

5. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (Music / Classical Music) (often capital) of or relating to a movement in European art, music, and literature in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, characterized by an emphasis on feeling and content rather than order and form, on the sublime, supernatural, and exotic, and the free expression of the passions and individuality

n

1. a person who is romantic, as in being idealistic, amorous, or soulful

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (Music / Classical Music) a person whose tastes in art, literature, etc., lie mainly in romanticism; romanticist

3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (Music / Classical Music) (often capital) a poet, composer, etc., of the romantic period or whose main inspiration or interest is romanticism

[from French romantique, from obsolete romant story, romance, from Old French romans romance]

romantically  adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	romantic - a soulful or amorous idealist         idealist, dreamer - someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations
	2.	romantic - an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism romanticist artist, creative person - a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
Adj.	1.	romantic - belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts; "romantic poetry" romanticist, romanticistic
	2.	romantic - expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; "her amatory affairs"; "amorous glances"; "a romantic adventure"; "a romantic moonlight ride" amatory, amorous loving - feeling or showing love and affection; "loving parents"; "loving glances"
	3.	romantic - 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 impractical - not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters; "refloating the ship proved impractical because of the expense"; "he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work"; "an impractical solution"

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romantic

adjective

1. loving, tender, passionate, fond, sentimental, sloppy (informal), amorous, mushy (informal), soppy (Brit. informal), lovey-dovey, icky (informal) They enjoyed a romantic dinner for two.
loving insensitive, unsentimental, unromantic, unloving, cold-hearted, unaffectionate, unimpassioned

2. idealistic, unrealistic, visionary, high-flown, impractical, dreamy, utopian, whimsical, quixotic, starry-eyed He has a romantic view of rural society.
idealistic practical, realistic

3. exciting, charming, fascinating, exotic, mysterious, colourful, glamorous, picturesque, nostalgic romantic images from travel brochures
exciting unexciting, uninspiring

4. fictitious, made-up, fantastic, fabulous, legendary, exaggerated, imaginative, imaginary, extravagant, unrealistic, improbable, fairy-tale, idyllic, fanciful, wild, chimerical Both figures have become the stuff of romantic legends.
fictitious realistic

noun

idealist, romancer, visionary, dreamer, utopian, Don Quixote, sentimentalist You're a hopeless romantic

Quotations
"Is not this the true romantic feeling - not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping you?" [Thomas Wolfe]

Translations

romantic [rəʊˈmæntɪk]

A. ADJ → romántico

B. N → romántico/a m/f

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Romantic [rəʊˈmæntɪk] adj [movement, art, poets] → romantique

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romantic [rəʊˈmæntɪk] adj

[person] → romantique
I wish he were more romantic → J'aurais aimé qu'il soit plus romantique

[relationship, attachment] → romantique

[play, film, book] → romantique

[dinner, atmosphere, holiday, place] → romantique

(= unrealistic) [view, ideas] → romantique

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romantic

adj (also Art, Liter, Mus: also Romantic) → romantisch; person also → romantisch veranlagt; romantic comedy → romantische Komödie; romantic novel → Liebesroman m; the Romantic movement → die Romantik; they were very good friends but there was no romantic involvement → sie waren sehr enge Freunde, aber sie hatten keine Liebesbeziehung; he played the romantic lead in several plays → er spielte in mehreren Stücken den romantischen Liebhaber

n (also Art, Liter, Mus: also Romantic) → Romantiker(in) m(f)

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romantic [rəʊˈmæntɪk] adj & n → romantico/a

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romantic [rəʊˈmæntɪk] adj & n → romantico/a

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