Synonyms of romantic

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adjective

rō-ˈman-tik 

1

as in exotic

excitingly or mysteriously unusual

she dreamed of meeting a tall, romantic stranger who would introduce her to a life of adventure

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exotic
• strange
• marvelous
• picturesque
• foreign
• glamorous
• colorful
• alien
• outlandish
• distant
• enchanting
• fantastic
• fascinating
• dark
• quaint
• bizarro
• magical
• picture-book
• alluring
• remote
• captivating
• faraway

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unromantic
• familiar
• unglamorous
• plain-Jane
• nonexotic
• unexotic
• nonglamorous

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• impractical
• idealistic
• utopian
• quixotic
• ideological
• optimistic
• idealist
• starry
• sentimental
• starry-eyed
• visionary
• hopeful
• quixotical
• unrealistic
• zealous
• messianic
• moony
• crusading
• rosy
• upbeat
• moonstruck
• doctrinaire
• dewy-eyed
• tender-minded
• Pollyannaish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unsentimental
• practical
• realistic
• pragmatic
• hardheaded
• clear-eyed
• clear-sighted
• tough-minded
• hard-nosed

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dreamer
• romanticist
• idealist
• Don Quixote
• visionary
• utopian
• idealizer
• fantast
• ideologue
• sentimentalist
• optimist
• theorist
• emotionalist
• daydreamer
• Pollyanna
• perfectionist
• reformer
• fantasizer
• Micawber
• thinker
• woolgatherer
• do-gooder
• doctrinaire

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• realist
• pragmatist
• cynic
• pessimist
• defeatist
• empiricist
• hardnose
• empiric

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of romantic

Adjective

The braids appear to be tied off with thin, white rope and have a romantic, lived-in, casual quality—though not too casual to seem irrefutably stylish at a Paris couture show. — Marci Robin, Allure, 6 July 2026

Nearby are the Druidical worship sites of Avebury and Stonehenge; there is a Celtic burial ground hidden in one of Ashcombe's deep, romantic coombes. — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 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

The famous Romantic, whom the king had recently appointed Britain’s poet laureate, wrote an essay about the expedition. — Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026