romantic

Definition

  • noun: a person who thinks a lot about love and does and says things that show strong feelings of love for someone
  • noun: a romantic person, trait, or component
  • adjective: of, relating to, or involving love between two people
  • adjective: consisting of or resembling a 'romance'
  • synonyms: wild, extravagant, sentimental

Examples

  • Her latest movie is a 'romantic' comedy. [=a comedy about two people who fall in love with each other]

  • They were 'romantically' involved. [=they had a romantic/sexual relationship with each other]

  • She had a lot of big 'romantic' dreams of becoming an actress.

Movie quotes

  • (..) For what? Lots of things. Sharing a sunset with me. For being the onIy guy who treated me Iike a person, not... a party favor. For being any kind of romantic... even a hopeIess one. You're weIcome. That night at the cIub I knew... I'd found someone speciaI. The Mask. (..)
    1994 The Mask
  • (..) How does it work? I don't know. It's Iike... it brings your innermost desires to Iife. If deep down inside... you're a bit repressed and hopeIessIy romantic... you become some sort of... a Iove-crazy wiId man. And if you're Iike Dorian? Then we're aII in big troubIe. (..)
    1994 The Mask