Quixotical
Quixotical adjective - Having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality.
Usage example: a quixotical attempt to bring live theater to a generation hooked on video games
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Romantic and quixotical are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Romantic" instead an adjective "Quixotical".
Romantic
Romantic adjective - Having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality.
Usage example: a workshop intended to disabuse would-be innkeepers of the romantic notion that running a bed-and-breakfast is easy
Quixotical and romantic are semantically related. You can use "Quixotical" instead an adjective "Romantic".
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Related pairs
- whimsical and quixotical
- whimsical and romantic
- poetic and quixotical
- poetic and romantic
- sentimental and quixotical
- sentimental and romantic
- hopeful and quixotical
- hopeful and romantic
- idealistic and quixotical
- idealistic and romantic
- visionary and quixotical
- visionary and romantic
- optimistic and quixotical
- optimistic and romantic
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