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 Definitions of Romantic  [ʊˈmæn tɪk]  

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Definition of 'Romantic' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) romantic
of or pertaining to romance.

2.  romantic
impractical or unrealistic; fanciful.

3.  romantic
imbued with idealism, a desire for adventure, etc.

4.  romantic
preoccupied with love or by the idealizing of love.

5.  romantic
expressing love or strong affection.

6.  romantic
ardent; passionate; fervent.

7.  romantic
(often cap.) of or characteristic of a style of literature and art that subordinates form to content, encourages freedom of treatment, emphasizes imagination, emotion, and introspection, and often celebrates nature, the ordinary person, and freedom of the spirit

8.  romantic
of or pertaining to a musical style, esp. of the 19th century, marked by the free expression of imagination and emotion, virtuosic display, experimentation with form, and the adventurous development of orchestral and piano music and opera.

9.  romantic
imaginary, fictitious, or fabulous.

10.  romantic
noting the role of a suitor in a play about love:
the romantic lead.

11. (n.) romantic
a romantic person.

12.  romantic
(often cap.) an adherent of Romanticism.

Etymology:  (1640–50; < OF romant, taken as oblique form of romanz romance)

Definition of 'Romantic' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) romantic
a soulful or amorous idealist

2. (adj) romanticist, romantic
an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism

3. (adj) romantic, romanticist, romanticistic
belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts
"romantic poetry"

4. (adj) amatory, amorous, romantic
expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance
"her amatory affairs"; "amorous glances"; "a romantic adventure"; "a romantic moonlight ride"

5. (adj) quixotic, romantic, wild-eyed
not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic
"as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood"; "a romantic disregard for money"; "a wild-eyed dream of a world state"


Definition of 'Romantic' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) romantic
relating to love and relationships
a romantic kiss; a romantic scene in the movie

2.  romantic
thinking about the world in a way that puts love, imagination, and excitement above other things
his romantic ideas about life

3.  romantic
Romantic
from or relating to the 19th century Romantic period in art, music, or literature
the Romantic poets/composers

4. (noun) romantic
sb who thinks in a romantic way
He's a true romantic.

5.  romantic
Romantic
an artist, writer, or composer from the 19th century Romantic period


Definition of 'Romantic' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Romantic
of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal; as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion; a romantic undertaking

2. (adj) Romantic
entertaining ideas and expectations suited to a romance; as, a romantic person; a romantic mind

3. (adj) Romantic
of or pertaining to the style of the Christian and popular literature of the Middle Ages, as opposed to the classical antique; of the nature of, or appropriate to, that style; as, the romantic school of poets

4. (adj) Romantic
characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; -- applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape


Translation of 'Romantic' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (negativeunromantic) (of a story) about people who are in love
a romantic novel.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: romanties Arabic flag Arabic: غَرامي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: любовен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: romântico Czech flag Czech: milostný German flag German: Liebes-...
Danish flag Danish: romantisk Greek flag Greek: αισθηματικός Spanish flag Spanish: romántico
Estonian flag Estonian: romantiline Farsi flag Farsi: رومانتیک؛ عاشقانه Finnish flag Finnish: rakkaus-
French flag French: romantique Hebrew flag Hebrew: רוֹמַנטִי Hindi flag Hindi: कल्पित
Croatian flag Croatian: romantično Hungarian flag Hungarian: romantikus Indonesian flag Indonesian: romantis
Icelandic flag Icelandic: rómantískur Italian flag Italian: romantico Japanese flag Japanese: 恋愛の
Korean flag Korean: 연애의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: meilės Latvian flag Latvian: mīlas-
Malay flag Malay: romantik Dutch flag Dutch: romantisch Norwegian flag Norwegian: romantisk
Polish flag Polish: romantyczny Persian flag Persian: رومانتیک؛ عاشقانه Pashto flag Pashto: رومانتیک ، عاشقانه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: romântico Romanian flag Romanian: de dragoste; ro­man­tic Russian flag Russian: романтический
Slovak flag Slovak: milostný Slovenian flag Slovenian: romantičen Serbian flag Serbian: romantičan
Swedish flag Swedish: romantisk Thai flag Thai: เกี่ยวกับเรื่องรักใคร่ Turkish flag Turkish: romantik
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 浪漫(故事)的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: романтичний Urdu flag Urdu: رومانی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thuộc lãng mạn Chinese flag Chinese: 富于浪漫色彩的

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