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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Her story featured her own original music and an interview with a friend, who is in his 60s, and who has never had a romantic relationship before.

— Anya Steinberg, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026
Investigations into how police use the cameras further revealed a national pattern of unsupervised searches allowing officers to stalk romantic interests.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of romantic

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The movie is a comic and affectionate portrait of a quixotic if mathematically dubious dream.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
The scene happened to be the first clip that Valencia had translated and dubbed a decade ago, when his quixotic project had begun.

— Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of quixotic

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That book, which served as a major source for Christopher Nolan’s 2023 blockbuster biopic, Oppenheimer, presented a nuanced portrait of the idealistic, mystically inclined, yet duplicitous and power-seeking nuclear physicist.

— Martin Filler, The New York Review of Books, 15 Sep. 2026
Garrel plays Matteo, an idealistic bookstore owner in Rome who falls for the very married actress Greta (Jasmine Trinca).

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of idealistic

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