romantic 1 of 2

adjective

rō-ˈman-tik How to pronounce romantic (audio)
Definition of romanticnext
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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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romantic

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noun

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
Adjective
Weight bias has long been present in both work and romantic settings. — Brittney McNamara, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026 The aforementioned rapport between two kids of the opposite sex that’s untroubled by any romantic angle is especially persuasive. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
Noun
An openly gay man in Catholic Italy as well as an old-school romantic, Visconti was cinema’s great poet of impossible loves. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 July 2026 The versatility, the intelligence, the playmaking and that ineffable ability to win — the Frenchman was a basketball romantic’s dream. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for romantic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for romantic
  1. exotic
  2. impractical
  3. dreamer
  4. strange
  5. idealistic
  6. marvelous
  7. utopian
  8. picturesque
Adjective
  • Other researchers used the theory to derive Navier-Stokes analogues for exotic states of matter, like fracton matter.
    — Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The exotic animals live on a private ranch owned by the Seeno family, longtime developers and home builders.
    — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of exotic
Adjective
  • Direct transmission becomes increasingly impractical beyond that point.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026
  • It's born from combining advances across science, engineering and computation in ways that make previously impractical technologies commercially viable.
    — Cyrus Wadia, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of impractical
Noun
  • Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen tells the story of Colette (Caruso), a witty young dreamer in 20th-century Paris, who finds her power through writing.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2026
  • In each of those projects, Johnson created a role for himself, typically a clownish dreamer.
    — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of dreamer
Adjective
  • The explanation behind this family man’s strange case is well chronicled in many Chicago and New York news stories.
    — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Symptoms include anxiety, hypervigilance, confusion and mania, and taking on activities that might be considered strange.
    — Deborah Becker, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of strange
Adjective
  • The dominos had been falling inside Paul Weiss for years, past and present staffers at the firm told the Times, a battle between lawyers interested in idealistic litigation and corporate-minded attorneys with a focus on mergers and business.
    — Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 2 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of idealistic
Adjective
  • As noted previously, this is a marvelous time to enjoy the great outdoors.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Of course those are only two of the marvelous local crops on offer at both Breezy Willow and at our two local farmers’ markets — Tiber Park in the historic district and the Miller Library.
    — Janet Kusterer, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of marvelous
Adjective
  • Zuckerberg’s hope is that these developers will use that freedom to develop user-friendly apps and businesses that will eventually usher in utopian AI tech to the average person.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Incidentally, the same goes for hyperbolically utopian (exuberant prosperity for all) or dystopian (humanoid robots in charge) visions of the future, which make any form of planning pointless.
    — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of utopian
Adjective
  • Cox shot the film in Almería, Spain (the picturesque backdrop for hundreds of spaghetti Westerns), as well as parts of Arizona, and there’s an inviting spaciousness to it.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Throughout the year, each of these picturesque hamlets offers tourists an authentic immersion in regional foods, local traditions, and culture.
    — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
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