QUIXOTICAL Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

quixotical

adjective

as in romantic

having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality a quixotical attempt to bring live theater to a generation hooked on video games

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The romantic gesture set off a trend and from around 1790 to 1830, miniature artists began to house these tiny eyes in jewels as precious keepsakes.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
Patrick Doyle wrote the MCU’s most romantic orchestral score.

— EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of romantic

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On a 30-story building, rooftop space may compete with mechanical systems and amenities, making conventional solar impractical.

— Zev Laine, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
For a long time, our leading hypothesis was bullying and violence, but that may be a bit impractical, given their kingdoms are vast networks of tunnels that can stretch for up to three kilometers.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026

Definition of impractical

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Proposing federal-policy solutions to this crisis may seem quixotic when Washington is so dysfunctional and polarized.

— Keith Humphreys, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026
Even so, sonic adventurers, beginning with Leopold Stokowski in the 1930s, experimented with amplification in an obsessive, seemingly quixotic effort to locate a mythical sonic grail on the Cahuenga Pass.

— Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

Definition of quixotic

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Renna stars as an idealistic father who volunteers to coach his kid’s team, only to find that the real challenge isn’t the 10-year-olds, but the adults surrounding them.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026
We’re introduced, in a kingdom under the seas ruled by merpeople, to an idealistic and sweet-hearted redheaded mermaid princess fascinated by the human world; in this version, Lara.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 24 July 2026

Definition of idealistic

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