not sensible about practical matters; unrealistic; "as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood"; "a romantic disregard for money"; "a wild-eyed dream of a world state"
Romantic means connected with the artistic movement of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries which was concerned with the expression of the individual's feelings and emotions. the poems and prose of the English romantic poets
expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; "her amatory affairs"; "amorous glances"; "a romantic adventure"; "a romantic moonlight ride"
a soulful or amorous idealist belonging to or characteristic of romanticism or the Romantic movement in the arts; "romantic poetry
the European tendency, in the art, music and literature of the early 19th century, to dramatize and exalt human emotion and to idealize nature
disapproval If you say that someone has a romantic view or idea of something, you are critical of them because their view of it is unrealistic and they think that thing is better or more exciting than it really is. He has a romantic view of rural society A romantic is a person who has romantic views. You're a hopeless romantic. realist
Something that is romantic is beautiful in a way that strongly affects your feelings. Seacliff House is one of the most romantic ruins in Scotland. + romantically ro·man·ti·cal·ly the romantically named, but very muddy, Cave of the Wild Horses