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Synonyms for romantic

  • adjective

Most common

quixotic fanciful extravagant wild amorous loving

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Quixotic — fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person)

quixotic, fanciful, extravagant, wild, fabulous, impractical, fantastic, imaginary, visionary, fictitious, chimerical, wild-eyed

2. Amorous

amorous, loving, amatory

3. Allo — experiencing romantic attraction

allo informal, alloromantic rare

Other

sentimental, picturesque, romanticistic rare

Antonyms

unromantic, realist, pragmatic

All antonyms of romantic →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    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.

  2. adj. 2

    Experiencing romantic attraction.

  3. adj. 3

    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.

Related words

Word family
romanticization romanticize romanticism romanticist romanticness romedy
Phrases
romantic comedy romantic partner romantic friendship

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Sentimental usually describes an error or excess of the sensibilities; romantic, a vice of the imagination.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example sentences

  • fabulous He has a fabulous reputation for his high integrity.
  • extravagant She considered him extravagant with electricity.
  • fanciful His ideas are often fanciful, but they're always original.
  • quixotic It's true. Books really do have a Quixotic spell.
  • sentimental Tom and Mary really aren't the sentimental type.
  • picturesque We rode through a very picturesque seaside village.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
romanticrising
fabulousrising
extravagantsteady
fancifulsteady
quixoticrising
sentimentalsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
wild1, allo
6 letters
loving2
7 letters
amorous3, amatory
8 letters
fabulous3, fanciful3, quixotic3
9 letters
fantastic3, imaginary5, visionary4
10 letters
fictitious3, chimerical4
11 letters
sentimental4, picturesque3, extravagant4, impractical4
12 letters
alloromantic
13 letters
romanticistic

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (loving2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
romantique
Italiano
romantico
Deutsch
romantisch