How do you use the word "romantic" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "romantic" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "romantic": I went to the South Pacific for a summer of romantic adventure. Music started playing in the restaurant so there was a real romantic mood.

Romantic Meaning

/ɹə(ʊ)ˈmæntɪk/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjOf 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.

adjFictitious, imaginary.

Sentence Examples

I went to the South Pacific for a summer of romantic adventure.

Music started playing in the restaurant so there was a real romantic mood.

He's a very romantic boyfriend who brings me flowers each night.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

amorous

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

He arranged a very ____ evening with candlelight and soft music for his wife.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

She had always dreamed of a ____ proposal on a moonlit beach, and he had made it happen perfectly.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Latin Rōma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin Rōmānus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin rōmānicus Latin -ē Vulgar Latin rōmānicē Old French romanz Old French romauntder. English romant ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English romantic 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.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"R. Jeeves: In my experience, ladies who spell Gladys with a W are seldom noted for their reliability, sir. It gives them romantic notions. B.W. Wooster: With a W, Jeeves? No, no, no, no. You spell it with a G. R. Jeeves: If I might draw your attention to the signature on the portrait, sir. B.W. Wooster: Good Lord! G-W? R. Jeeves: I blame Alfred Lord Tennyson and his Idylls of the King. It also accounts for Kathryn, Ysabel, and Ethyl, all spelt with a Y, but Gwladys is a particularly virulent form, sir." — 1993 May 16, “Return to New York”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 6:

"But here is an artist. He desires to paint you the dreamiest, shadiest, quietest, most enchanting bit of romantic landscape in all the valley of the Saco." — 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 1, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

"Somehow she wasn't a real sister, but that only made her the more romantic." — 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:

"Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend." — 2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:

"Contrary to the popular perception that love typically sparks from passion, a new study finds two-thirds of romantic relationships begin as long-term friendships." — 2021 July 20, Sarah Molano, “Most romantic relationships start as friendships, study finds”, in CNN:

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