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- [roh-man-tik]
- /roʊˈmæn tɪk/
- /rəʊˈmæntɪk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [roh-man-tik]
- /roʊˈmæn tɪk/
Definitions of romantic word
- adjective romantic of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure. 1
- adjective romantic fanciful; impractical; unrealistic: romantic ideas. 1
- adjective romantic imbued with or dominated by idealism, a desire for adventure, chivalry, etc. 1
- adjective romantic characterized by a preoccupation with love or by the idealizing of love or one's beloved. 1
- adjective romantic displaying or expressing love or strong affection. 1
- adjective romantic ardent; passionate; fervent. 1
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Origin of romantic
First appearance:
before 1650 One of the 45% oldest English words
1650-60; < French romantique, derivative of romant romaunt; see -ic
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Romantic
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
romantic popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
romantic usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for romantic
noun romantic
- adventurer — An adventurer is a person who enjoys going to new, unusual, and exciting places.
- daydreamer — a reverie indulged in while awake.
- don quixote — Don, Don Quixote.
- dreamer — a person who dreams.
- fantasizer — to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed by about): to fantasize about the ideal job.
adj romantic
- amatory — of, relating to, or inciting sexual love or desire
- amorous — If you describe someone's feelings or actions as amorous, you mean that they involve sexual desire.
- anapestic — a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce.
- avantgarde — the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
- blue sky — fanciful; impractical: blue-sky ideas.
adjective romantic
- dreamy — of the nature of or characteristic of dreams; visionary.
- energyless — Without energy.
- epical — (literature) Any book containing 2 or more epics.
- epodic — Pertaining to or resembling an epode.
- erogenous — (of a part of the body) Sensitive to sexual stimulation.
Antonyms for romantic
adjective romantic
- gritty — consisting of, containing, or resembling grit; sandy.
Top questions with romantic
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