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The Meaning of romantic
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(a.) Of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal; as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion; a romantic undertaking.
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(a.) Entertaining ideas and expectations suited to a romance; as, a romantic person; a romantic mind.
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(a.) 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; as, the romantic school of poets.
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(a.) Characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; -- applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape.
Synonyms
romanticist
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romanticist
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romanticistic
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amatory
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amorous
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quixotic
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wild-eyed
Antonyms
classicist
Rhymes
antic
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atlantic
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bankatlantic
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frantic
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gigantic
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mantic
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midlantic
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pedantic
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semantic
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sycophantic
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transatlantic