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as in exotic
excitingly or mysteriously unusual
she dreamed of meeting a tall, romantic stranger who would introduce her to a life of adventure
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as in impractical
having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality
a workshop intended to disabuse would-be innkeepers of the romantic notion that running a bed-and-breakfast is easy
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as in dreamer
one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world
she's a hopeless romantic who believes that her one true love is somewhere waiting to be found
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Recent Examples of romantic
Usa Today, USA Today, 21 May 2025
The script musters scant interest in Niki’s career ambitions and romantic complications, and her halting conversations with her mother keep chasing a climactic point of mutual understanding that never arrives — a poignant impasse, perhaps, but a difficult one to structure a film around.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 May 2025
Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Leo Woodall was four years old in 2001, when Renée Zellweger charmed global audiences as the titular hapless romantic of Bridget Jones’s Diary.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
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—Usa Today, USA Today, 21 May 2025
The script musters scant interest in Niki’s career ambitions and romantic complications, and her halting conversations with her mother keep chasing a climactic point of mutual understanding that never arrives — a poignant impasse, perhaps, but a difficult one to structure a film around.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 May 2025
Noun
While Lucie is warm, vivacious, and a ray of light that shines off the page, Aiden is a grumpy, reluctant romantic who hides behind sarcastic quips.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Leo Woodall was four years old in 2001, when Renée Zellweger charmed global audiences as the titular hapless romantic of Bridget Jones’s Diary.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for romantic
Adjective
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Invasive Burmese pythons ended up in Florida wilderness via the exotic pet trade of the 1970s and ’80s.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
19 May 2025
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These animals are often exploited through the exotic pet trade, kept in unsafe, inhumane conditions that threaten both their welfare and public safety.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 May 2025
Adjective
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Real estate investments, including rental properties, (DSTs) with cash if a 1031 exchange is impractical, or real estate investment trusts (REITs), can produce regular income through rental payments.—
Fred Hubler,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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This highly contentious deal was criticized for being inhumane and impractical at the time.—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The budget dreamers in one-party California are the latest to be shocked — shocked!—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
22 May 2025
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With a main home and a guest cottage offering up a total of four bedrooms and four baths in nearly 3,150 square feet, the secluded residence has plenty of room for any like-minded dreamer to eat, pray, love, and more while enjoying some particularly stunning ocean and mountain views.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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The long strange trip is proving to be even longer than anyone thought.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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Because of this strange clustering, the Atlantic Shark Institute has posted signs around Narragansett alerting beachgoers to be on the lookout.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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All this may sound idealistic, but so far it’s been great.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
14 May 2025
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Lula insists on pacifism in an idealistic way that is unusual among world leaders.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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Jason Momoa will star alongside Alcock as Lobo, an alien mercenary and bounty hunter from the utopian planet of Czarnia in the DC comics.—
Vincent Perella,
IndieWire,
21 May 2025
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What begins as an architectural experiment becomes an eccentric and emotional journey into isolation, celebrity, and the limits of utopian idealism.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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Bosa, Sardinia, Italy Renowned for its colorful houses and the medieval Malaspina Castle, Bosa is situated about two-thirds of the way up the west coast of Sardinia, on a small hill about 3km inland on the north bank of the Temo River.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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In the center of the colorful drink is a butterfly pea blossom ice sphere topped with gold luster dust.—
Natalia Senanayake,
People.com,
21 May 2025
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But the differing Indian and Pakistani reactions to the cease-fire announcement suggest this will be a quixotic task.—
Lisa Curtis,
Foreign Affairs,
13 May 2025
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And there’s not much to suggest the strategy goes much further than that, despite the administration’s quixotic and largely rhetorical fantasy of a bringing manufacturing back to the United States.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Romantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/romantic. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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