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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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