Synonyms for romantic
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Referring to love and adventure
fanciful, visionary, quixotic, idealistic, impractical, passionate, adventurous, daring, romanticized, idealized, unrealistic, extravagant, wild, dreamy, idyllic, lyric, poetic, chivalrous, courtly, knightly.
Sentimental or loving
amorous, tender, ardent, lovey-dovey*; see passionate 2, sentimental.
Referring to the Romantic Movement; often capital
Rousseauistic, Byronic, Wordsworthian, Sturm und Drang (German).
See romantic in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Affectedly or extravagantly emotional:
bathetic, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, sentimental, slushy, sobby, soft, soppy. (Informal) gooey, mushy, schmaltzy, sloppy, soupy. (Slang) drippy, sappy, tear-jerking. See feelingsNot compatible with reality:
idealistic, quixotic, starry-eyed, unrealistic, utopian, visionary. See hope, real
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