Princeton's WordNet(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. romantic(noun)

   a soulful or amorous idealist

2. romanticist, romantic(adj)

   an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism

3. romantic, romanticist, romanticistic(adj)

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

   "romantic poetry"

4. amatory, amorous, romantic(adj)

   expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance

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

5. quixotic, romantic, wild-eyed(adj)

   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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. romantic(Noun)

   A person with romantic character

2. romantic(Noun)

   A person who is behaving romantically

   Oh, flowers! You're such a romantic.

3. romantic(Adjective)

   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. romantic(Adjective)

   Fictitious, imaginary.

5. romantic(Adjective)

   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. romantic(Adjective)

   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. romantic(Adjective)

   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. Romantic(Adjective)

   Of or pertaining to Romance.

9. Romantic(Adjective)

   Of or pertaining to Romanticism.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Romantic(adj)

   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. Romantic(adj)

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

3. Romantic(adj)

   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. Romantic(adj)

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

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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(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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.

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1. romantic

   Of or pertaining to romance.

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

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

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

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Jessica Goldman Srebnick:

   We like to think of ourselves as romantic developers.

2. Daniel Boardman:

   Paris is seen as the number one romantic destination in the world.

3. Beth Goodier:

   It’s nothing beautiful, it’s nothing romantic, it’s horrible.

4. Amanda Gesselman:

   Sexting may be becoming a new, but typical, step in a sexual or romantic relationship.

5. Margaret Anderson:

   In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person.

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