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quixotic

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of quixotic

having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality

  • in this age of giant chain stores, any attempt at operating an independent bookstore must be regarded as quixotic
Synonyms of quixotic

idealist, idealistic, quixotical, romantic, starry, starry-eyed, utopian, visionary
Words Related to quixotic

impractical, unrealistic

crusading, messianic, zealous

dewy-eyed, moonstruck, moony, sentimental, tender-minded

hopeful, optimistic, Pollyannaish (also Pollyannish), rosy, upbeat

doctrinaire, ideological (also ideologic)
Near Antonyms of quixotic

hardheaded, hard-nosed, tough-minded, unsentimental

practical, pragmatic (also pragmatical), realistic
Antonyms of quixotic

clear-eyed, clear-sighted

Synonym Discussion of quixotic

imaginary, fanciful, visionary, fantastic, chimerical, quixotic mean unreal or unbelievable. imaginary applies to something which is fictitious and purely the product of one's imagination.
    • an imaginary desert isle
fanciful suggests the free play of the imagination.
    • a teller of fanciful stories
visionary stresses impracticality or incapability of realization.
    • visionary schemes
fantastic implies incredibility or strangeness beyond belief.
    • a fantastic world inhabited by monsters
chimerical combines the implication of visionary and fantastic.
    • chimerical dreams of future progress
quixotic implies a devotion to romantic or chivalrous ideals unrestrained by ordinary prudence and common sense.
    • a quixotic crusade

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