# romantic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɹoʊˈmæntɪk/ · frequency rank #3,451

## Definitions
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. Fictitious, imaginary.
3. Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person).
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. Pertaining to an idealised form of love (originally, as might be felt by the heroes of a romance); conducive to romance; loving, affectionate.
6. Alternative letter-case form of Romantic
7. Experiencing romantic attraction.

## Etymology
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. Also compare Spanish romántico, Portuguese romântico, Italian romantico, Dutch romantisch, and German romantisch and Romantiker (“a composer of Romantic music”), all of which are borrowed from English or French.

## Easily confused with
- **Romani** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romani-vs-romantic)
- **Romania** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/romania-vs-romantic)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ormantic`, `rmoantic`, `roamntic`, `romanitc`, `romanntic`, `romantci`, `romanticc`, `romanttic`, `romatnic`, `rommantic`, `romnatic`, `rromantic`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/romantic