a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal; | |||
2. | Entertaining ideas and expectations suited to a romance; | ||||
3. | 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; | ||||
4. | Characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; - applied to scenery;
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2. | romantic - an artist of the romantic period or someone influenced by romanticism Synonyms: romanticist | |
Adj. | 1. | romantic - belonging to or characteristic of romanticism or the Romantic movement in the arts; "romantic poetry" Synonyms: romanticist, romanticistic |
2. | romantic - expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; "her amatory affairs"; "amorous glances"; "a romantic adventure"; "a romantic moonlight ride" | |
3. | romantic - not sensible about practical matters; unrealistic; "as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood"; "a romantic disregard for money"; "a wild-eyed dream of a world state" |