romantic

Universal Words 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 * romantic images of deserted beaches 4 very imaginative and emotional; 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) [usuallybeforenoun] 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 * poets / composers of the Romantic period * Keats is one of the greatest Romantic poets. romantically 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 very imaginative and emotional, 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