Synonyms of romanticized

romanticized 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in famed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• famed
• storied
• legendary
• mythical
• fabled
• fabulous
• semilegendary

2

as in idealized

Synonyms & Similar Words

• idealized
• glamourized
• glamorized
• metaphorical
• symbolic
• symbolical
• purple
• metaphoric
• ornate
• grandiloquent
• flowery
• hifalutin
• figurative
• florid
• rhapsodical
• metric
• high-flown
• rhapsodic
• poetic
• rhythmical
• rhythmic
• highfalutin
• poetical
• metrical
• poeticized
• lyrical
• lyric
• rhyming
• bardic
• riming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prose
• prosaic
• literal
• matter-of-fact
• factual
• unpoetic
• unlyrical
• antipoetic

romanticized

2 of 2

verb

past tense of romanticize

as in glamourized

to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant

he romanticized what life in a small town would be like, only to be later disappointed when reality intruded

Synonyms & Similar Words

• idealized
• glamourized
• glamorized
• softened
• idolized
• heroicized
• glorified
• poeticized
• glamoured (up)
• sweetened
• canonized
• dignified
• enshrined
• heroized
• ennobled
• euphemized
• deified
• enthroned
• aggrandized
• magnified
• adulated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• minimized
• denigrated
• deglamorized
• decried
• disparaged
• belittled
• put down
• deprecated