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as in exotic
excitingly or mysteriously unusual
she dreamed of meeting a tall, romantic stranger who would introduce her to a life of adventure
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as in impractical
having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality
a workshop intended to disabuse would-be innkeepers of the romantic notion that running a bed-and-breakfast is easy
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as in dreamer
one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world
she's a hopeless romantic who believes that her one true love is somewhere waiting to be found
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Recent Examples of romantic
Esther Kang, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
What’s a Hallmark Channel Christmas movie without a romantic dance scene?
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
Athena Sobhan, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
This attempt to coax a conventional romantic through line out of the madness doesn’t really work, partly because Reitman and co-writer Gil Kenan have otherwise done a fine job of making clear how unconventional this whole situation was.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
During an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Einbinder, 29, admitted she's heard fans' pleas for the show's writers to turn her character Ava Daniels' relationship with Smart's Deborah Vance romantic.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
What’s a Hallmark Channel Christmas movie without a romantic dance scene?
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
Cancer: Henry Roth from 50 First Dates As a hopeless romantic with a nurturing heart, Henry Roth embodies the personality traits of a Cancer.
—Athena Sobhan, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
This attempt to coax a conventional romantic through line out of the madness doesn’t really work, partly because Reitman and co-writer Gil Kenan have otherwise done a fine job of making clear how unconventional this whole situation was.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for romantic
Adjective
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Throughout the video, recurring images of exotic flowers interrupt long stretches of darkness.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2025
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The driver of the exotic sports car fled the scene and is still outstanding.—
Anthony Solorzano,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In regions where extending traditional power lines is costly or impractical, solar microgrids offer a viable, scalable alternative.—
ILYA Likhov,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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These trees provide good wildlife value, so their removal may be both undesirable and impractical, especially since spores can travel on the wind for quite a distance.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Mar. 2025
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Baseball’s opening day is for the believers, the diehards and dreamers.—
Andrew Carter,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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Execution separates successful people from dreamers.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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The unique role required a performer who could pass as young as age 7 and as old as 22 — a strange consequence of the real case that inspired the series.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
4 Apr. 2025
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Republicans should also get over their strange allergy to cutting the capital gains tax.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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In a forsaken village, the economic opportunities presented by the arrival of wind farms trigger a tragic feud between embittered locals and a couple of idealistic French city-dwellers who have recently moved to the area.—
Bartolomeo Sala,
The Dial,
27 Mar. 2025
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However, finding a free market that fully embodies this idealistic form of capitalism is difficult.—
Gabrielle Boko,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Moving Forward The evolution of AI image generation suggests neither utopian transformation nor existential threat, but rather a reconfiguration of visual communication.—
Gerui Wang,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Olah, like many in the community who balance visions of utopian abundance and existential devastation, plants himself in the middle of this either-or proposition.—
Steven Levy,
Wired News,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Keep It Fun: For a playful, on-trend look, try pairing your minidress with a colorful pair of sneakers.—
Ruhama Wolle,
Glamour,
3 Apr. 2025
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The frame’s branches keep it rustic, but the plethora of colorful gerber daisies and ferns at the base add brightness.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2025
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Our devastation of nature is so deep and vast that to reverse its effects, on any front, often entails efforts that are so painstaking and quixotic as to border on the ridiculous.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Or the sudden, quixotic tariffs on Canada and Mexico.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Romantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/romantic. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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