adj. 1 imaginary, imagined, fictitious, fictional, ideal, idealized, fancied, fabulous, made-up, dreamed-up, dreamt-up, fantasized, fanciful, fairy-tale, mythical, idyllic, Utopian, illusory Vivian isn't a real person - she's just Howard's romantic notion of the girl he wants to marry 2 impractical, visionary, fictitious, unpractical, unrealistic, ideal, abstract, quixotic, chimerical, absurd, extravagant, wild, crackpot, mad She had romantic notions of how she would be running her own international business by the time she was thirty 3 nostalgic, sentimental, emotional, sweet, tender, picturesque, exotic, glamorous; mawkish, maudlin, saccharine, Colloq soppy, sugary, mushy, sloppy I can think of a lot more romantic places than a hamburger bar to eat on our anniversary Fred hates it when I get too romantic. 4 amorous, affectionate, aroused, impassioned, passionate, libidinous, lustful, over-friendly, Colloq lovey-dovey; fresh After a drink or two Mike starts getting romantic - if you know what I mean
n. 5 romanticist, dreamer, Don Quixote, visionary, idealist, sentimentalist I've never lost my taste for soft lights and sweet music - I suppose I'm just a romantic at heart