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romantic

ro·mant·ic/ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/adjective, noun

romantic is spelled R-O-M-A-N-T-I-C: 8 letters and 3 syllables (ro·mant·ic). It appears 27 times per million words in written English, the 3,422nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, romantic means “Of a work of literature, a writer etc.: being like or having the characteristics of a romance, or poetic tale of a mythic or quasi-historical time…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in romantic?

Letters8: R-O-M-A-N-T-I-C
Syllables3: ro·mant·ic
In writing27 times per million words; the 3,422nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is romantic?

Romantic appears 27 times per million words in written English, the 3,422nd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce romantic?

  • UK /ɹə(ʊ)ˈmæntɪk/
  • US /ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/
  • US [ɹə-]

Romantic has 3 syllables, split ro·mant·ic in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-romantic.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with romantic?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as romantic from its last stressed vowel (/ænɪk/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of romantic

  • more romantic comparative
  • most romantic superlative
  • romantics plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does romantic mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Of a work of literature, a writer etc.: being like or having the characteristics of a romance, or poetic tale of a mythic or quasi-historical time; fantastic.

  2. 2

    obsoleteFictitious, imaginary.

  3. 3

    Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person).

    Mary sighed, knowing her ideals were far too romantic to work in reality.

  4. 4

    Having the qualities of romance (in the sense of something appealing deeply to the imagination); invoking on a powerfully sentimental idea of life; evocative, atmospheric.

  5. 5

    Pertaining to an idealised form of love (originally, as might be felt by the heroes of a romance); conducive to romance; loving, affectionate.

    Their kiss started casually, but it slowly turned romantic.

  6. 6

    Alternative letter-case form of Romantic

  7. 7

    Experiencing romantic attraction.

noun

  1. 1

    A person with romantic character (a character like those of the knights in a mythic romance).

  2. 2

    A person who is behaving romantically (in a manner befitting someone who feels an idealized form of love).

    Oh, flowers! You're such a romantic.

adjective

as Romantic
  1. 1

    Of or pertaining to Romance.

  2. 2

    Of or pertaining to Romanticism.

  3. 3

    informalSynonym of Romance.

noun

as Romantic
  1. 1

    An artist involved in the Romantic movement.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Romantic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchromantique (fantastic, idealistic)
Germanromantisch (fantastic, idealistic), Romantiker, Romantikerin (person with romantic character)
Portugueseromântico (fantastic, idealistic)
Spanishromántico (fantastic, idealistic), romántica (person with romantic character)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does romantic come from?

From romant + -ic, or borrowed from Late Latin romanticus (“(of a poem) having qualities of a romance”). Compare French romantique, which is borrowed from English.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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