romantic has definitions from the fields of fine art,sexuality
1
[ adjective ] belonging to or characteristic of romanticism or the Romantic movement in the arts

Examples

"romantic poetry"

Used in print

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

The concert opened with another big romantic score , Schumann's Overture_to_Manfred , which suffered fate , this time with orchestral thrusts to the Byronic point to keep it afloat .

(High Fidelity, 11:10...)

Those accustomed to broader , more romantic statements of the symphony can be expected to react strongly when they hear this one .

2
[ noun ] a soulful or amorous idealist

Used in print

(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)

Mickie had a pleasant glow as he said , `` You see , both of them , I mean the President and Jeff_Lawrence , are romantics .

A romantic is one who thinks the world is divinely inspired and all he has_to do is find the right key , and then divine justice and altruism will appear .

Related terms

idealist

3
[ adjective ] (sexuality) expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance

Synonyms

amorous amatory

Examples

"her amatory affairs" "amorous glances" "a romantic adventure" "a romantic moonlight ride"

Used in print

(Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)

I would have foregone my romantic chances rather than leave a friend sweltering and dusty and - Well , at_least I would n't have shouted back a taunt .

(T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)

He had picked_out this pathless trail , instead of the common one , in a moment of romantic fancy , to give them privacy on their honeymoon .

Related terms

loving

4
[ noun ] (fine art) an artist of the romantic period or someone influenced by romanticism

Synonyms

romanticist

Used in print

(Newton Stallknecht, "Ideas and Literature," in Newton S...)

English philosopher Samuel_Alexander 's debt to Wordsworth and Meredith is a recent interesting example , as also A._N._Whitehead 's understanding of the English romantics , chiefly Shelley and Wordsworth .

Related terms

classicist artist

5
[ adjective ] not sensible about practical matters; unrealistic

Synonyms

quixotic wild-eyed

Examples

"as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood" "a romantic disregard for money" "a wild-eyed dream of a world state"

Related terms

impractical

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