I. ro ‧ man ‧ tic 1 /rəʊˈmæntɪk, rə- $ roʊ, rə-/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ romance , ↑ romantic , ↑ romanticism ; verb : ↑ romance , ↑ romanticize ; adjective : ↑ romantic ≠ UNROMANTIC , romanticized; adverb : ↑ romantically ]
[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: French ; Origin: romantique , from Old French romans ; ⇨ ↑ romance 1 ]
1 . SHOWING LOVE showing strong feelings of love:
‘Tom always sends me red roses on my birthday.’ ‘How romantic!’
2 . RELATING TO LOVE relating to feelings of love or a loving relationship:
After dinner, they took a romantic stroll by the sea.
real old-fashioned romantic love
I’m not ready for a romantic relationship.
3 . STORY/FILM a romantic story or film is about love:
a romantic comedy
4 . BEAUTIFUL beautiful in a way that affects your emotions and makes you think of love or adventure:
romantic music
The castle is set in one of England’s most romantic landscapes.
5 . NOT PRACTICAL romantic ideas are not practical or not based on reality OPP realistic
romantic notion/view/idea etc
romantic notions about becoming a famous actress
Like many New Yorkers, he had a romantic image of country life.
6 . Romantic art/literature etc art or literature that is based on the ideas of romanticism
—romantically /-kli/ adverb
II. romantic 2 BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ romance , ↑ romantic , ↑ romanticism ; verb : ↑ romance , ↑ romanticize ; adjective : ↑ romantic ≠ UNROMANTIC , romanticized; adverb : ↑ romantically ]
1 . someone who shows strong feelings of love and likes doing things that are related to love such as buying flowers, presents etc
2 . someone who is not practical, and bases their ideas too much on an imagined idea of the world OPP realist :
a romantic who longed for adventure
3 . ( also Romantic ) a writer, painter etc whose work is based on romanticism