Romantic

/ɹə-/

adjective

  1. Of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin: Italian, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Catalan, Occitan, Corsican, etc.

Synonyms: Romanic

adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to Romance.

  2. Of or pertaining to Romanticism.

noun

  1. A person with romantic character (a character like those of the knights in a mythic romance).

  2. 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.

adjective

  1. 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.

  2. Fictitious, imaginary.

  3. 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.

Synonyms: lovesome

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