/ rəʊˈmæntɪk; NAmE roʊ-/ adjective , noun
■ adjective
1.
connected or concerned with love or a sexual relationship :
a romantic candlelit dinner
romantic stories / fiction / comedy
I'm not interested in a romantic relationship.
2.
( of people ) showing feelings of love :
Why don't you ever give me flowers? I wish you'd be more romantic.
3.
beautiful in a way that makes you think of love or feel strong emotions :
romantic music
romantic mountain scenery
4.
having an attitude to life where imagination and the emotions are especially important; not looking at situations in a realistic way :
a romantic view of life
When I was younger, I had romantic ideas of becoming a writer.
5.
Romantic [ usually before noun ] used to describe literature, music or art, especially of the 19th century, that is concerned with strong feelings, imagination and a return to nature, rather than reason, order and intellectual ideas :
the Romantic movement
Keats is one of the greatest Romantic poets.
► ro·man·tic·al·ly / -kli; NAmE / adverb :
to be romantically involved with sb
Their names have been linked romantically.
He talked romantically of the past and his youth.
■ noun
1.
a person who is emotional and has a lot of imagination, and who has ideas and hopes that may not be realistic :
an incurable romantic
He was a romantic at heart and longed for adventure.
2.
Romantic a writer, a musician or an artist who writes, etc. in the style of Romanticism
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 17th cent. (referring to the characteristics of romance in a narrative): from archaic romaunt tale of chivalry , from an Old French variant of romanz , based on Latin Romanicus Roman. (see romance ).