romantic UK /ɹə(ʊ)ˈmæntɪk/US /ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/adjective 9noun 3forms 6 adjective9 •showing or causing feelings of love between two peopleTheir kiss started casually, but it slowly turned romantic. •Experiencing romantic attraction.Grayromantic asexual people are between romantic and aromantic and less likely to experience romantic attraction compared to most people. — 2019 •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. •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.But here is an artist. He desires to paint you the dreamiest, shadiest, quietest, most enchanting bit of romantic landscape in all the valley of the Saco. — 1851 •Of or pertaining to Romanticism. •(historical) 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. •Of or pertaining to Romance. •(informal) Synonym of Romance. •(no longer used) Fictitious, imaginary. noun3 •A person who is behaving romantically (in a manner befitting someone who feels an idealized form of love).Oh, flowers! You're such a romantic. •An artist involved in the Romantic movement. •A person with romantic character (a character like those of the knights in a mythic romance). formsRomantics · romantics · more Romantic · more romantic · most Romantic · most romantic
