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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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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
Cynthia J Drake, Southern Living, 20 June 2026
After four years, Elisha Cuthbert has ended her onscreen hiatus with Prime Video’s latest romantic drama series.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 June 2026
Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
But the old romantic in us still tries.
—Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
The restaurant has an upstairs dining room that's perfect for a romantic dinner, sunset views included.
—Cynthia J Drake, Southern Living, 20 June 2026
After four years, Elisha Cuthbert has ended her onscreen hiatus with Prime Video’s latest romantic drama series.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 June 2026
Noun
But Venegas’ parents were artists above all — photographers specifically, a trade now plied by Yvonne — and as such, romantics at heart and in practice.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
But the old romantic in us still tries.
—Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for romantic
Adjective
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Ceramic rotors have some of the highest heat capacities and are often found on exotic cars.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
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Like many older men, another obsession of Jabin’s is exotic cars.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Adjective
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The trouble was that their official away shirts provided by Le Coq Sportif were made of a very heavy fabric, wildly impractical given the game kicked off at noon under the blazing Mexico City sun.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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Those experiments were once widely dismissed as impractical, and Joby has faced similar skepticism.—
Randy Tucker,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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Venice has always been a magnet for dreamers and creatives, but in the past few years, tensions have heightened as residents grapple with the effects of the sizable unhoused population in the area.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
18 June 2026
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In a study testing this theory using 212 recurrent dream reports, 66% contained at least one threat and dreamers typically responded with defensive or evasive behavior.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
Adjective
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Informal Beyblade battles are popping up in strangest of places, with players huddling in parks, gyms and shopping malls.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
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The falseness of the medium, though, jibed with the falseness of most attempts, throughout American history, to make sense of this enormous, strange man.—
Christopher Hooks,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
Adjective
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Conceived as a Halloween dress-up icon, Esmerelda exists almost entirely to thwart the idealistic new editor and his dreams of keeping journalism alive.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
16 June 2026
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Nat Kitcharit plays Mek, an idealistic young lawyer whose faith in the system is systematically dismantled after he is framed for the murder of the son of Anan (Songsit Roongnophakunsri), a powerful police chief.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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Dick Van Dyke, so many marvelous people.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026
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The sumptuous production, directed by LaTanya Richardson Jackson with solidarity for Cleage’s characters, provides a marvelous showcase for Woodward to slink around on Beowulf Boritt’s glamorous five-star set in costume designer Emilio Sosa’s inspired Pucci-esque outfits.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
Adjective
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Southgate’s confident assertion that the tide of history was turning against bigotry now looks utopian, or even naïve.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
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Le Guin depicts an alternative society much like humanity, but with one notable, utopian contingent.—
Brianne Kane,
Scientific American,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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Comprising three acres with direct access to a sandy beach on Staples Cove, the Cape Elizabeth property sits along a particularly picturesque stretch of Maine’s coastline.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
20 June 2026
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The pop star, 30, and actor, 36, tied the knot at an intimate civil wedding in London on May 31 before having a second, more lavish and picturesque wedding on a Sicilian island on June 6.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
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“Romantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/romantic. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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