different between romantic vs fantastic

English

Alternative forms

• romantick (obsolete)

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????mænt?k/, /??-/
• (General American) enPR: r?-m?n?(t)?k, IPA^(key): /?o??mæn(t)?k/, [?o??mænt?k], [??-], [-mæ???k], [-me??nt?k], [-me?????k]
• Rhymes: -ænt?k

Adjective

romantic (comparative more romantic, superlative most romantic)

1. (chiefly historical) 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. [from 17th c.]
2. (obsolete) Fictitious, imaginary. [17th-20th c.]
3. Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person). [from 17th c.]
   • 1993 May 16, "Return to New York" Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 6:

     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.

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. [from 17th c.]
   • 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:

     Somehow she wasn't a real sister, but that only made her the more romantic.
5. Pertaining to an idealised form of love (originally, as might be felt by the heroes of a romance); conducive to romance; loving, affectionate. [from 18th c.]

   Antonyms: platonic, nonsexual

6. Alternative form of Romantic [from 18th c.]

Antonyms

• nonromantic, unromantic, antiromantic, aromantic

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

romantic (plural romantics)

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

Descendants

• ? French: romantique
• ? Italian: romantico

Translations

References

Further reading

• "romantic" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 274.

Romanian

Etymology

From French romantique.

Adjective

romantic m or n (feminine singular romantic?, masculine plural romantici, feminine and neuter plural romantice)

1. romantic

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• fantastick, phantastick (obsolete)
• phantastic
• phantastique (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French fantastique, from Late Latin phantasticus, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (phantastikós, “imaginary, fantastic; fictional”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?eh?- (“to shine”). Doublet of fantastique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fæn?tæst?k/
• Rhymes: -æst?k

Adjective

fantastic (comparative more fantastic, superlative most fantastic)

1. Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy; fanciful.

2. Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.
3. Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; grotesque.
   • T. Gray

     There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, / That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high.

4. Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier).

Synonyms

• (based in fantasy rather than reality): fabulous, fantastical
• (extravagantly fanciful and unrealistic): foolish, hare-brained, unrealistic, wild
• (incredibly wonderful): brilliant, fabulous, splendid, super, wonderful
• See also Thesaurus:excellent

Antonyms

• (incredibly wonderful): sucktastic

Derived terms

• fantastical
• fantastically

Related terms

• fantasy
• fantasise, fantasize

Translations

Noun

fantastic (plural fantastics)

1. (archaic) A fanciful or whimsical person.

Anagrams

• anti-facts

Romanian

Etymology

From French fantastique, from Latin phantasticus.

Adjective

fantastic m or n (feminine singular fantastic?, masculine plural fantastici, feminine and neuter plural fantastice)

1. fantastic

Declension