What does Romantic mean?

Definitions for Romantic
roʊˈmæn tɪkro·man·tic

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Romantic.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. romanticnoun

    a soulful or amorous idealist

  2. romanticist, romanticadjective

    an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism

  3. romantic, romanticist, romanticisticadjective

    belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts

    "romantic poetry"

  4. amatory, amorous, romanticadjective

    expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance

    "her amatory affairs"; "amorous glances"; "a romantic adventure"; "a romantic moonlight ride"

  5. quixotic, romantic, wild-eyedadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. romanticnoun

    A person with romantic character

  2. romanticnoun

    A person who is behaving romantically

    Oh, flowers! You're such a romantic.

  3. romanticadjective

    Of a work of literature, a writer etc.: being like or having the characteristics of a romance, or poetic tale of a mythic or quasi-historical time; fantastic.

  4. romanticadjective

    Fictitious, imaginary.

  5. romanticadjective

    Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person).

    Mary sighed, knowing her ideals were far too romantic to work in reality.

  6. romanticadjective

    Having the qualities of romance (in the sense of something appealing deeply to the imagination); invoking on a powerfully sentimental idea of life; evocative, atmospheric.

  7. romanticadjective

    Pertaining to an idealised form of love (originally, as might be felt by the heroes of a romance); conducive to romance; loving, affectionate.

    Their kiss started casually, but it slowly turned romantic.

  8. Romanticadjective

    Of or pertaining to Romance.

  9. Romanticadjective

    Of or pertaining to Romanticism.

Wikipedia

  1. Romantic

    Romantic is a song by American singer Karyn White from her second studio album Ritual of Love (1991). It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 2, 1991, making it her biggest hit to date. "Romantic" was also White's fourth number one on the Hot Black Singles chart.

ChatGPT

  1. romantic

    Romantic refers to something characterized by, expressing or suggestive of feelings of love, passion, and desire. It may relate to the romantic period in literature and arts. It can denote an idealized and unrealistic view of life, characterized by a tendency towards sentimentality and nostalgic indulgence. Furthermore, it can also describe a person who is characterized by their inclination towards acts of love and affection and the propensity to express their feelings in a sentimental or fanciful way.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Romanticadjective

    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. Romanticadjective

    entertaining ideas and expectations suited to a romance; as, a romantic person; a romantic mind

  3. Romanticadjective

    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. Romanticadjective

    characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; -- applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape

Wikidata

  1. Romantic

    "Romantic" is a song recorded by Karyn White. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 2, 1991, making it her biggest hit to date. "Romantic" was also Karyn White's fourth number one on the Hot Black Singles chart. She recorded it with her then-husband Terry Lewis and Jimmy Jam and it became a huge success, replacing Mariah Carey's "Emotions" on November 2, 1991.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Romantic

    rō-man′tik, adj. pertaining to or resembling romance: fictitious: extravagant, wild: fantastic: sentimental: imaginative.—adv. Roman′tically.—ns. Roman′ticism, the revolt from the severity, pedanticism, and commonplaceness of a classical or pseudo-classical to a more picturesque, original, free and imaginative style in literature and art, marking the close of the 18th century: romantic feeling; Roman′ticist; Roman′ticness.

Editors Contribution

  1. romantic

    Of or pertaining to romance.

    My brother is very romantic and does kind, loving and caring acts for his wife.


    Submitted by MaryC on January 19, 2017  

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Romantic' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4342

  2. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Romantic' in Adjectives Frequency: #593

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Romantic in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Romantic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Romantic in a Sentence

  1. Christian Bale:

    I was asked to do a romantic comedy recently and I thought they ’d lost their minds, i don’t know why anyone would ever offer me a romantic comedy, Christian Bale continued. CHRISTIAN BALE UNRECOGNIZABLE IN FIRST PICS AS DICK CHENEY FOR LATEST BIOPIC ROLE But Christian Bale said thought the 2000 flick American Psycho was very funny, referring to Christian Bale breakout leading role in which Christian Bale played Patrick Bateman, a rich New York investment banker with an urge to kill. The movie is based on Bret Easton Ellis ’ 1992 novel of the same name. The Oscar winner described.

  2. Bill Cosby:

    I walk her out. She does not look angry. She does not say to me, don’t ever do that again, she does n’t walk out with an attitude of a huff, because I think that I ’m a pretty decent reader of people and their emotions in these romantic sexual things, whatever Bill Cosby want to call them.

  3. David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images:

    She’s been my saving grace, my confidante and friend. [One] night, we were out in the garden talking as we were pulling weeds and watering plants. In its own little way, it was a very romantic evening.

  4. Errol Fields:

    If a teenager isn't out to [ their ] parents, they can feel incredibly isolated, even when there's not a pandemic requiring all of us to stay at home, sometimes for these kids, a romantic partner is the only connection to feeling normal and sane.

  5. Stephanie Clifford:

    TRUMP REP, FORMER PORN STAR DENY ‘ HUSH MONEY ’ CLAIMS In a letter, obtained and reviewed by Fox News, Stephanie Clifford also denied all allegations. I recently became aware that certain news outlets are alleging that I had a sexual and/or romantic affair with Donald Trump many, many, many years ago. I am stating with complete clarity that this is absolutely false, my involvement with Donald Trump was limited to a few public appearances and nothing more.

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